Sunday 27 November 2011

The Strand Road in Gowhatty from west


1860
View looking down a tree-lined road in Guwahati taken by Oscar Jean Baptiste Mallitte in the 1860s. Guwahati, once known as Pragjyotishpura (the Eastern City of Light), is capital of the state of Assam and is at the centre of the most important tea growing area of India. The town is situated on the edge of the Shillong Plateau at the point where it reaches the River Brahmaputra and is the gateway to the whole north eastern part of India.

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