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Mar 22 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Time for another #HistoryTour to give you company as you plod through the midweek :)

Thomas Daniell, a British artist, toured India in 1794 & drew multiple paintings of landscapes across the country.

Join this tour to see what Daniell saw vs how those places look today!🖼️🎨
1/ Taj Mahal from across the Yamuna
2/ Esplanade Road in Calcutta

(Quite a bit has changed!)
3/ Ramnagar Fort on the Ganges in Varanasi
4/ Akbar Tomb in Agra

Look at how people just camped around!

Now just an ASI gated fence!
5/ Jama Masjid, Delhi

Look at the empty space outside the entrance!

Today you will have 1000 vendors in that area :)
6/ Jantar Mantar, Delhi

Skyscrapers seem to have just jutted in :)
7/ Rock Fort, Trichy, Tamilnadu

Kaveri is missing and has been taken over by houses and houses! 🤯
8/ Tirumalai Nayakar Mahal, Madurai

The modern day version is more colourful i believe :)

The roof has gone ?! 🥺
9/Mandapam in Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

Just beautiful. Then and now.
10/ Rock Rathas in Mahabalipuram

No one to take a selfie with the Lion and the elephant then!
11/ Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra

Quite surreal!
There are many more beautiful artworks. Do check them out online. Most are in Victoria & Albert Museum, London today if you want to see them in person!

Art is definitely a time travel machine!

Hope this History tour made your Tuesday a bit better

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