cover image: Sanganer Gate, Jaipur, India, ca.1901

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Sanganer Gate, Jaipur, India, ca.1901

"The Sanganeri (Sanganer) gate of Jaipur. Jaipur is a walled city with 7 such gates and several small ones. The flag & welcome were put up in honour of Lord Elgin - the Viceroy visit." External view of main gateway in to the walled city of Jaipur. The city of Jaipur was founded in 1728 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II and was the first planned city in India. It is also know as the Rose City. The state of Jaipur itself covers an area of 14,527 sq miles. ❧ United Free Church of Scotland photographs from the Rajputana mission.
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Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79084
Date published
circa 1901
Dates
circa 1901
Pages
Photographic prints, 17 x 13.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Asia India Jaipur Rājasthān
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-a-nls-75648353-1.tif
Rights
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/0c18e3a8cecb9c5c068e5188d3bef753

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