Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday life and community scenes in Kashmir from the late 19th century to the 1980s. The pictures include the Fateh Kadal riverfront in Srinagar during the 1940s with its bridge and dense buildings along the Jhelum River; two boys in a wooden boat among lotus plants on Dal Lake in 1981; British-era tents at Sonawar Bagh camping ground in Srinagar in 1911; a group of children gathered near Dal Lake in the 1970s; Kashmiri women spinning wool and pashmina yarn using traditional yander wheels in homes and courtyards; and portrait of renowned oral storyteller Hatim Tilwoun from Panzin village in Kangan in 1896. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph from the 1940s presents a view of Fateh Kadal in Srinagar, with the bridge spanning the Jhelum River and a dense cluster of buildings lining its banks. During this period, the riverfront around Fateh Kadal functioned as an important commercial and cultural zone, housing several well-known Kashm...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday landscapes, spiritual sites, and community figures in Kashmir during the twentieth century. The pictures include a late 1970s–early 1980s view of Gulmarg meadow with wooden buildings, vehicles, visitors, and the snow-covered Pir Panjal range; a 1932 panoramic postcard of Srinagar featuring Kohi Maran fort, Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom shrine, and the mosque on the hill with clustered houses and chinar trees; the main market street in Leh, Ladakh in 1911 with locals in traditional attire, shops, and the Old Leh Palace above; the Baba Reshi Shrine near Gulmarg in its original Mughal-style structure from the early twentieth century; a mid-twentieth century portrait of Sufi saint Hazrat Syed Meerakh Shah Kashani; and a woman steering a traditional wooden boat on a river in 1980 with calm waters and surrounding trees. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph, taken for a postcard series in the late 1970s to early 1980s, presents a vie...