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| Keywords: View of bullock carts in a Jaipur street (Photo 15-5-32).jpg Artwork en Photograph of bullock carts in a street at Jaipur in Rajasthan taken by an unknown photographer in 1896 from the Elgin Collection 'Autumn Tour 1896' The Earl of Elgin and Kindardine was Viceroy between 1894 and 1899 The carts are lined up on one of Jaipur ™s wide streets with the drivers seated on top of their load of sacks facing the camera In the background can be seen the screened balconies of Jaipur havelis or courtyard houses Jaipur was founded in 1727 as an entirely new and prestigious state capital by Maharaja Jai Singh II r 1699-1743 of the Kachwaha Rajputs The city was built on the site of a royal hunting lodge and garden on a plain five miles south of Amber the previous state capital It is unusual among Rajput cities as its wide streets are laid out on a geometric grid plan 1896 190x145 mm Institution British Library object history credit line Held and digitised by the British Library accession number Photo 15/5 32 British Library image Photo 15/5 http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/other/019pho0000015s5u00032000 html PD-old-70-1923 British Library Photo 15 Elgin Collection 1896 in India History of Jaipur Ox-drawn carts in India 1896 photographs | ||||
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