James Tod
1782-1835, English officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar · Religious Figures · Died at 53
Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod was a British army officer and scholar. He combined his official role and his amateur interests to create a series of works about the history and geography of India, and in particular the area then known as Rajputana that corresponds to the present day state of Rajasthan, and which Tod...
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Painting of James Tod with his Jain guru, Yati Gyanchandra. Artist: Ghasi, Rajputana
Etching of Tod fishing in the Banas River in Rajasthan
Painting dated October 1882, showing Tod seated on an elephant. Original inscription: Kaptan Jems Tad Sahab (master), is riding from Udaipur to the Dabok Bungalow. Guru Gyanchandra rides also.
Etching of Jug Mandir Palace, Lake Pichola, Udaipur. Plate 8 of Tod's Annals (1829)
The bridge at Noorabad. Plate 24 from Tod's Annals (1829)
Palace and fortress at Bundi. Plate 1 of Tod's Annals (1832)About this person
He combined his official role and his amateur interests to create a series of works about the history and geography of India, and in particular the area then known as Rajputana that corresponds to the present day state of Rajasthan, and which Tod referred to as Rajast'han.
