Who were Gudees and Brinjaries? What did Mahrattas do? The pages of this seventh volume detail movements of tribes and their spread throughout India. What can you learn about the relationships between castes as you transcribe this study?
Who were Gudees and Brinjaries? What did Mahrattas do? The pages of this seventh volume detail movements of tribes and their spread throughout India. What can you learn about the relationships between castes as you transcribe this study?
The ethnologic study "The People of India" features photographs and descriptions gathered from British photographers in India and detailed histories of these groups. The collection also demonstrates the commitment to the project, which took over seven years to publish the first volume and an additional eight to publish the remaining 7 volumes.
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. 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 final collection was gathered by John Forbes Watson (1827-1892), director of the India Office's India Museum and keeper of the museum from 1867-1879, and John William Kaye (1814-1876) the secretary of the India Office's Political and Secret Department.
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.
As you transcribe the seventh volume, you'll help open this set of images for further research and let others learn about this governance project via Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
