Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Police and other people congregate at the Mulagandhakuti vihara in Sarnath in Varanasi. Prayer flags fly.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Part of the Hindu temple complex includes a pond in South India.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

People on the steps (ghat) coming down to bathe in the river Ganges in Varanasi. Varanasi is one of the holiest Hindu sites in India. It is thought to be …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Bicycles rest in the gulley near a rope seller and a store selling ceramics in a village near Chennai.



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

This view of the Taj Mahal, framed in the Masjid, is unique in showing the silouhettes of the tourists entering the complex.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

On a quiet Sunday, the official house of the president of India was designed by Edwin Lutyens.



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Houses hidden among the coconut palm trees are the only indication that there is a village lies within this landscape.