Old Kashmir Photos

1962 Vegetable market at Gow-Kadal Bridge Srinagar.
The houses right across which are leaning towards one another are still standing even after 45 yrs since this photograph was taken.

Early 20th century British Polo Team In Gulmarg.

1860s Sind valley Kashmir.
Samuel Bourne (30 October 1834 – 24 April 1912 ) was a British photographer.
In the year 1864 Bourne set out on major trip Calcutta, this was a nine-month trip to Kashmir. Leaving Lahore on 17 March, he journeyed north-east to Kangra and from there, via Byjnath, Holta, Dharmsala and Dalhousie, to Chamba. From there, he went on to Kashmir, arriving on the borders on 8 June; by the middle of the month had reached the Chenab Valley. The following weeks were spent photographing the scenery of Kashmir before proceeding to Srinagar, where he stopped for some weeks, sight seeing and photographing before continuing his journey on 15 September. The return journey took him to the Sind Valley, Baramula, Murree, Delhi and Cawnpore (now Kanpur) before arriving in Lucknow on Christmas Eve 1864.

1922 Winter in Kashmir.
Zaina Kadal bridge as seen from Shah Hamadan Mosque. From the book of Tyndale Biscoe.

1964 Safa Kadal.
Safa Kadal from Baraw Ghat, the confluence of Sunder kol, Doodh ganga and river Jehlum — Kashmir.

Jehangir Chowk, Srinagar Kashmir.
Srinagar early 1980s. Traffic less roads, less noise and less pollution.

Early 1980s, Pure Innocent children of Kashmir on banks of river Jehlum.
The innocence and the joy of childhood remains same no matter what the external conditions are !