File:Distant view of the great mosque of Aurungzebe and adjoining Ghats Benares by Samuel Bourne 1865.jpg

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English: "Photograph of the great mosque of Aurungzebe and adjoining ghats at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh," black and white photograph by Samuel Bourne. The miniarets seen in the distance were fully restored by the Anglo-Indian scholar James Prinsep, before later being shortened and then demolished due to their instability. Image courtesy of the British Library, London.
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Samuel Bourne  (1834–1912)  wikidata:Q337475
 
Samuel Bourne
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S. Bourne
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 October 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 24 April 1912 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mucklestone Nottingham
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creator QS:P170,Q337475
Camera location25° 18′ 45.9″ N, 83° 00′ 58.18″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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