Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

A Birhor woman sits near a mat that has grain spread out on it. Outside her hut, two goats rest are tethered. The Birhor are a nomadic people.[


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Birhor girls dancing in a line of descending heights. Mountains can be seen in the background. After 1947, the Indian government attempted to establish permanent settlements for the Birhor in …



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

A young Tibetan mother with her baby in a mei tai on her back while walking barefoot on the paved stones out from the Mulagandhakuti vihara Buddhist temple.





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

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 …