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Letter from Barbara Ingham to Mr Baukhandi

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Reference code

GB 891 BI-BI/5-BI/5/7-Bi/5/7/6

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Published

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File

Extent and medium

Three A4 sheets, carbon copy

Date(s)

  • 1 September [1981] (Creation)

Context area

Name of creator

(1914-1998)

Biographical history

Barbara Ingham became interested in India and made several visits to the country in the 1970s and 1980s. She also became involved in the Rural Life Programme.

Repository

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Scope and content

Copy of a letter from Barbara Ingham to Mr Baukhandi in which she writes, "I am sending one photograph of Kunri or Kunti mata from Onkareswara." She enquires after the state of the Ajanta caves and suggests using his restoration of one of cave paintings as a postcard in order to publicise the caves. She is worried that her photos of the frescos are not good due to a deficient flash which has been replaced. She aske if he would like to paint from the slides that she has taken of the frescos and gives information on the history of Narasmha.

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gb 891-bi/5/7/6
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