Photographer: Chintamon, Hurrichund--Date: 1867--the figure seated on the left is Dr Bhau Dajee
Posed group of six figures taken by Hurrichund Chintamon c. 1867, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. This photograph was shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. The European on the left is identified simply as 'A German', three other figures as 'Parsees', the figure seated on the left as Dr Bhau Dajee, and the figure seated on the right, as 'Shenoy' (?). Parsees are descendants of the Persian followers of Zoroaster who fled to India in the seventh and eighth centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
Bombay Photo Images[ Mumbai]: Photographer: Chintamon, Hurrichund--Date: 1867--the figure seated on the left is Dr Bhau Dajee
Vintage 19th century photograph: group from the Brahmin caste, India, c.1880's Taurines studio Stock Photo - Alamy
PEOPLE OF INDIA PHOTOS: The Punt Pratinidhi of Satara (a Brahmin). --Photographer: Chintamon, Hurrichund Medium: Photographic print Date: 1867
Bombay Photo Images[ Mumbai]: [8]Glimpses of old Bombay and western India, with other papers (1900)and photos of the people of india
PEOPLE OF INDIA PHOTOS: February 2011
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