Most of the photographs in this section were taken by Prof. S. Ray sometime in nineteen thirties and forties in his Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta model ( 120mm 16 exposures). Most of the brief captions are self-explicit. A few demand explanations.
buddhaatlawasray : This is a photograph of an engraving of Buddha on a black slate that was presented to Prof. S. Ray by the monks of a monastery at Lawa, when Prof. Ray visited the place during his field work. lawagoldmines40 : This is a photograph marked “ Mills of Lawa gold mines. Endless haulage & working faces in background: Oct-Nov 1940”.badland40
burhabalong40 Burhabalong 1940
burhabdong40 “Jointing in gneissic granite Burhabalong” 1940
dashamgagbundufalls Dasham Gag : Bundu Falls 1940
caves ( SRay)
foraminifers
hblschlenssatdara40 “Lenticular
hornblende-schist sills in
staurolite schist near Satdara; the lenticles are
schistose marginally” 1940
morabadi40 Morabadi Hills1940
mrjena40 MR Jena a close friend of Prof. S Ray 1940
northfromchotupalu 1940
pandraqtzite40 1940
plantpreventingerosion 1940
puranachaibasa 1940
ranchihill40 Ranchi Hill from Lake 1940
rapid Rapids in Burhabolang
satdaranearsirsa40 Satdara- Subarnarekha near Pandra village ( Sirsa) Mayurbhanj 1940
sirsagabbro40 Kuchli Khal : gabbro boulders ; Sirsa 1940
thulindome Thulin Dome gneiss 1940 1940
tons stromatolites
untitled1 Kumai : Bagrakote; with 5th Year 1946
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Topi: The well-known hat on a “weathering in dolomite”
