Hindu temple on the river Ganges, near Kara, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.

Referring to the small temple high up on the river bank, Thomas Daniell notes: "although built for the worship of Hindoo idols, [it] is almost wholly in the Mahommedan stlye of design, as indeed are many other modern Hindoo temples". Quoted in Archer op. cit.

Kara was a sacred place in early Hindu days. It was conquered by the Muslims in 1194 and became a seat of government until the present fort and city of Allahabad were built by Akbar in 1583 as the new administrative centre. Ruins of the old city extended along the river bank for 2 miles (3km). Archer op. cit.

London (Historic Gallery Pall Mall) : Published as the act directs for Tho[ma]s Daniell by Rob[er]t Bowyer, November 1796.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 48.9 x 65.5 cm.

Near Currah, on the river Ganges ; drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell Bears number bottom right : XXI

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 420.22

Mildred Archer, Early views of India, London 1980, reproduced as no. 26

Wellcome Collection 27653i