Posted on: 1 October 2010
Portrait of a Brahmin of the Carnatic, Bombay - 1867.
Portrait of a Brahmin of the Carnatic seated beside low table laid out with various religious objects, by Hurrichund Chintamon the 1860s. This photograph, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections, was part of the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
This is one of a series of ethnographical photographs commissioned by the Government of India in the late 19th century in order to record the tribes, races and castes on the sub-continent. The Brahmins or Priests, are highest of the four Hindu castes.
Source : British Library
PINREST PHOTOS OF THIS GROUP HAS INCLUDED OTHER NON RELATED GROUP (IN THE LAST 10 YEARS) AND IT WILL CAUSE CONFUSION IN THE FUTURE FOR PEOPLE
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