Friday, May 21, 2010

Crawford Market, Bombay, India, early 20th century

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A Bombay reckla, India, early 20th century

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Native officers recordercourt bombay1805

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Coloured engraving of the judges and officers of Hindu (top row) and Muslim (bottom row) law in the Recorder
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