An Ancient and Continuous Civilization

Antiquities abound here! Some are preserved, many are allowed to deteriorate or are just neglected. The nation known as "India," is a fairly recent creation following
the British colonial period, but the evidences of prior civilizations (British, Greek, Persian, Muslim, Christian, Buddhism...), and mixes of civilizations, abound.

The following are not really very ancient - dating from the late Mughal and British colonial periods...


These first two are from the "Bara Imambara," in Lucknow and date from the period of rivalry between the Muslim empires of the Mughals, headquartered in Delhi, and the Nawabs, headquartered in Lucknow.






These three are ruins of "The Residency," a compound built by one of the later Nawabs in Lucknow to house the British, who he had invited to occupy these grounds. Ironically, in 1857 this was the site for the beginning of the event variously known as, "The First War of Independence," or "the 1857 Mutiny," depending on one's bias.