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Lachmi Bai, Joan of Arc of India by Michael White
painting, Rani LaxmiBai

it's difficult to locate official/authentic portrait of Rani of jhansi

Poster shows an advertisement for book; Lachmi Bai dressed as a sepoy rebel, with 2guns tucked in her waist
pic: library of congress
loc.gov/pictures/item/…
Rani Jhansi LaxmiBai
Rani LaxmiBai
Kalighat Painting 19th CE
exact date not mentioned
at @ClevelandArt
another Kalighat painting of Rani Jhansi LaxmiBai ji
from @V_and_A
dt 1885
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#Water management system has been amazingly centuries old thing in India.
at Shringverpur or Sringaverapura near #Allahabad PrayagRaj, one of the amazing canal system was in existence.
water collected via structures & surplus returned to river?
there exists extraordinary example of hydraulic engineering dated end of 1st century BC.
comprises of 3 percolation-cum-storage tanks, fed by an 11m wide & 5 m deep canal that used to skim floodwaters off monsoon-swollen Ganga

rainwaterharvesting.org/Solution/Histo…
Water first entered a silting chamber, dirt settled here. Then relatively clean water flows in a brick-lined tank, later to Tank B through a stepped inlet

Next, water passed to a circular Tank C, which had an elaborate staircase. excess water flowed back into Ganga
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women at market
All woman bazaar?
is it really Patna school of company painting
did really women had such economic freedom during British times? & participated in work force or labour force?
pot maker. a woman. does it depicts women as participating in workforce or having economic independence. Or totally dependent on Men to work tirelessly at his command together with doing all other household works? they had and have no say in money matters? company school painting
pot maker
earthen pots
women of house were equally participating in such works of Art or requiring skills. thus they too were skilled. participated in the work. it seems to be from South India-Malabar? company school?
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