Traditional Gurkha Farmer with baskets and goat in Nepal.

Traditional Gurkha Farmer c. 1910.

Gurkha Farmer with baskets and goat in Nepal

Source: Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups by J. Burlington Smith.

Views of Darjeeling: With typical native portraits and groups.

The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)

From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)

India. The carpenters of Bengal. A Group of Sutars.

Group of Mizhu or Mizu Mishmis Tribe. Ethnology of Bengal.

Hindu Asamese. The Moamariah. Ethnology of Bengal.

Typical pictures of Indian Natives.

Portraits of five of the best known Mughal emperors of Delhi.

H.H. Raja Shri Sawai Pratap Sinhji Bahadur, Rao Raja of Alwar.

Omens and superstitions of southern India. Magic and Magicians.

India. The Mughal Empire. Costume and fashion history.

How to wear an Indian Sari? The method of draping.

Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, a leader of the great Indian uprising of 1857.

Indian Elephant Trapping produced at Murshidabad, India.

The Taj Mahal, at Agra. Mausolem of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan.

The Grand Durbar at Cawnpore after the Indian Uprising of 1857.

Indian embroidered satin stuff for dresses. Treasury of ornamental art.

Textil Art from India. Embroidered Bobinet Scarf, 19th c.

State Coat of Brocade by Buland Baksh and Ahmed Khan of Alwar.

Textil Art from India. Design for a shawl.

Indian Elephant Trapping produced at Murshidabad, India.