Image of A plate from Memoirs of British Female Missionaries, Burning of

A plate from Memoirs of British Female Missionaries, Burning of the wives and slaves (engraving)

IMAGE number: BL7216069
Image title: A plate from Memoirs of British Female Missionaries, Burning of the wives and slaves (engraving)
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: engraving
Date: C19th AD

Image description: Maharaja Ranjit Singh died of paralysis at Lahore on June 27, 1839, and was cremated on June 28, 1839. Four of the Maharaja's Ranis and seven of his slave girls followed the practice of sati and burnt themselves on his funeral pyre
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / a lot of people / horse / animal / cremation / funeral / woman / fire / crowd / smoke / engraving / man / India / Asia / tradition / culture / black and white / print / traditional costume / clothes

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