The Indian subcontinent was once the size of Europe, and today it is divided into seven countries. It’s amazing how much things have changed and how much has stayed the same. Some of these architectures, buildings, and landmarks are still intact. These landmarks remind us of the Rajput kingdoms, Mughal Empire Deccan, and the Sikh courts. Check out what the Indian subcontinent looked like in the 1870s.
#1 Borah Bazaar Street, Bombay
#2 Salween River, The Rope Station
#3 Mengoon, The Great Bell, said to weigh 90 tons
#4 The Cocoanut Festival
#5 Courtyard and Entrance to Fort Amber
#6 Hunters
#7 The Municipal Office
#8 Elephanta, General View Showing Linga Chapel
#9 Market Road
#10 Cocoanut Fair after the Ceremony
#11 View of the Valley from Amber Fort
#12 Jain Temple
#13 Harbor from St. Xavier’s College Showing Victoria Station and Municipal Office
#14 The Yacht Club
#15 Ahmedabad, Shah Ahums Mosque
#16 Public Works Secretariat
#17 Elephanta, Group of Figures Near Water Cave
#18 Arrival of Mail Steamer off Apolla Bunder
#19 Caparisoned Elephant
#20 Elephanta, The Three Headed Figure at Back of Cave
#21 Victoria Station
#22 Elphinstone College and Sassoon Library
#23 A rope merchant in India, circa 1870.
#24 A rope bridge at Rampur in India, circa 1870.
#25 Moti Masjid mosque at Agra, India
#26 The iron pillar and the great arch of the mosque built by Kutubuddin, near the Qutub Minar, in Delhi, 1870s.
#27 The entrance to the great mosque of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 1870s.
#28 Jainist temple of Shri Dharamnathji near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 1870s.
#29 A barded elephant from the Benares (Varanasi) region, 1870s.
#30 The Hussainabad Gate in Lucknow, 1870s.
#31 Historical buildings in the center of Lucknow, 1870s.
#32 View of the city of Lucknow, 1870s.
#33 View of a district in Bombay, 1870s.
#34 Temples of Varanasi (Benares) on the Ganges River, 1870s.
#35 The maharajah’s palace in Jaipur, 1870s.
#36 Indian snake charmers in India, circa 1870.
#37 Several men stand around a corpse wrapped in white cloth on a woodpile, ready to be burned.
#38 Ornate Building, 1870s.
#39 The Revenue Board (Chepauk Palace) – Madras, India, 1870.
#40 British Bungalow on Numgumbawkum Road in Madras, 1870s.
#41 Snake Charmers, India, 1870.
#42 Tiger Shooting game in India, 1870s.
#43 Street Scene, Mumbai, 1870s.
#44 The Pier – Madras, 1872.
#45 A building in the city of Vadodara, 1873.
#46 Agra Fort in Agra, 1875.
#47 Ekambareswarar Temple, Tamil Nadu, 1875.
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