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

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

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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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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