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  • Ghāzīpur, Uttar Pradesh: a ruined palace on the river Ganges. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Mosque at Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. Etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Tombs in the garden of Faiz Ali Khan at Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.
  • Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh: the Well of Knowledge. Photograph.
  • Benares, India: a fakir sitting on a bed of nails. Photograph by R.C. Mazumdar, ca. 1900 (?).
  • Benares, India: a fakir sitting on a bed of nails. Photograph by R.C. Mazumdar, ca. 1900 (?).
  • Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh: a human cadaver abandoned in the water being examined by a dog. Photograph.
  • Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh: corpses being burned and consigned to the river Ganges. Photograph.
  • Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh: corpses being burned and consigned to the river Ganges. Photograph.
  • Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh: corpses being burned and bathed. Photograph.
  • Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh: people bathing in the river Ganges. Photograph.
  • Pavilion in the fort of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.
  • Baolee at Ramnagur, Benares, India: the public bath in the Ramnagur Palace. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
  • The bathing ghats and lingham temples by the river Ganges, Benares, India. Process print after S.G. Dawson.
  • Two women with goitres, with a man and a child, in Naini Tal, Uttar Pradesh. Photograph.
  • Palace of Shuja-ud-Daula at Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • V. Ramakrishna. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt.