These Ornamental Buttons

Buttons and button-like objects used as ornaments or seals rather than fasteners have been discovered in the Indus Valley Civilization during its Kot Yaman phase (c. 2800–2600 BCE) as well as Bronze Age sites in China (c. 2000–1500 BCE), and Ancient Rome.

Buttons made from seashell were used in the Indus Valley Civilization for ornamental purposes by 2000 BCE. Some buttons were carved into geometric shapes and had holes pierced into them so that they could be attached to clothing with thread. Ian McNeil (1990) holds that: “The button, in fact, was originally used more as an ornament than as a fastening, the earliest known being found at Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley. It is made of a curved shell and about 5000 years old.

Tiger Hunting

An English Lady with her prey during British era.
(Probably she later on sent this pic to her son/daughter)

Gandhi to Edwina

Gandhi writes to Edwina on her silver wedding anniversary
(with thanks to - Dr. Ghulam Nabi Kazi)

Old Ramban Bridge

Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru on way to Srinagar crossing Ramban Bridge in May, 1948

The new RCC Bridge over Chenab river at Ramban was built much later ( After 1965 ). Prior to that, this suspension bridge over river Chenab was the only link to Kashmir valley for Motor Vehicles Passengers had to get down and cross the bridge on foot. The vehicles would slowly cross the bridge one by one. The passengers then boarded the vehicles across the bridge. This bridge was completed during the rule of Maharaja Partap Singh who sat in the first vehicle that passed over it on 2nd May 1921. This was annual Darbar move from Jammu to Srinagar.

And in 2004 , this suspension bridge was declared unsafe for vehicular traffic. Before a motorable bridge was built over river Jhelum at sangam ( Near Bijbihara Town in Kashmir Valley ) by Maharaja Partap Singh in 1910, passengers would generally use Doongas ( Big River Boats ) from Khannabal Jhelum Ghats to travel to Srinagâr.

A Stupa

1880s : Dhamek Stupa at Sarnath

Defeat of Tipu Sultan

Silver Medal to mark defeat of Tipu Sultan in 1792.

Cornwallis, aided by the Marathas and Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu & made him surrender half of his possessions & pay an indemnity of 3030 lakhs of rupees and giving his 2 sons as hostages.

British Museum Collection