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<p>Part of the city of Murshidabad, ancient capital of Bengal.
Image by Lt. Col. C. R. Forrest, from A Picturesque Tour Along the River Ganges and Jumna in India (London: R. Ackermann, 1824)
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This is plate four from Charles Ramus Forrest’s A Picturesque tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India. Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest was a soldier and East India Company official who conducted expeditions along the Ganges and Jumna. Murshidabad is a city in West Bengal, located on the banks of the Bhagirathi River (a tributary of the Ganges).</div>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18508689" class="extiw" title="d:Q18508689"><span title="engraver">Thomas Sutherland</span></a>
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1 August 1824<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1824-08-01T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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