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Title:

Castle on the lake in Udaipur (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Udaipur ; Udaipur District ; Rajasthan

Date issued/created:

[1984]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). Picture of a postcard showing part of the castle in Udaipur. A huge building, acting as the main part of the castle complex, located on the shores of the lake, and the photo shows the moated castle. Getting to the castle is only possible by boat. In the background you can see the hills belonging to the Aravalli mountain range. The castle belonged to one of the great Rajput clans Sisodiya. Initially, it had a defense, later became one of several habitat of families. Today it is a tourist destination for many of Indian and foreign tourists

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; castle on the lake in Udaipur ; Rajasthan

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

text/html

Source:

part 1, box 2, 0073

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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