What were the names for soldiers and priests in Tibet and Nepal? How did groups migrate and make a living? In what ways were European influences and other examples of international trade visible in these regions in 1868? Explore "The People of India" and transcribe photos and plates detailing Indian culture group and occupations including artisans, agricultural workers, and chiefs.
What were the names for soldiers and priests in Tibet and Nepal? How did groups migrate and make a living? In what ways were European influences and other examples of international trade visible in these regions in 1868? Explore "The People of India" and transcribe photos and plates detailing Indian culture group and occupations including artisans, agricultural workers, and chiefs.
Do you know details of occupations and the caste system from the 1850s and 1860s? The ethnologic study "The People of India" is a multi-volume collection composed of photographs made by British photographers in India and detailed histories of these groups. The collection documents the caste and culture groups of India for a British India Office multi-volume publication, with the final volume published in 1875.
Taken in the 1850s and 1860s, these photographs portray the people of many castes, culture groups, and occupations in India, posed individually and in groups. Indian culture groups portrayed include Bhogta, Bhoti, Chero, Dombo, Gond, Gujarati, Ho, Kachari, Kishangarh, Kota, Lepcha, Mishmi, Munda, Naga, Pahari, Paithan, Rajput, Saora, Singpho, Thakur, Tharu, and Toda. Peoples portrayed are from parts of India and surrounding areas, now in Afghanistan, Burma, Iran and Pakistan, such as Assam, Bareli, Behat, Cachar, Chittagong, Delhi, Hazara, Hisar, Kohat, Lahore, Madras, Munjpur, Mysore, Palamau, Shahabad, Shahjahanpur, Sikkim, and Sind. The social and political relationships detailed here are complex and inextricably tied to the realities of Indian, Asian, and British history.
Please note that some language in this collection may be culturally insensitive or offensive to some viewers. It is presented as it exists in the original document for the benefit of research. The material reflects the culture and context in which it was created and not the views of the Smithsonian Institution.
Transcribe the second volume to help others learn about this collection from Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
