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Village houses, Bengal. Etching, signed 'Elliot'
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Etching of village houses in West Bengal by John
Edmund Elliot (1788-1862) dated sometime between 1807 and 1825.
Much of India's populace is rural and the simple vernacular
buildings which form their dwellings have remained largely
unchanged for centuries. The onslaught of concrete has begun to
have an impact on the scenery, and thatch is not as favoured a
medium of roofing in present-day India. However, it was these
humble square or rectangular single-storeyed mud or brick houses
with their over-arching roofs and shaded verandahs on all sides
which led to the development of the bungalow (the name derived from
'bangla' in Bengali) as a favoured building style for Europeans in
India.
Title: Village houses, Bengal. Etching, signed 'Elliot'
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Etching of village houses in West Bengal by John
Edmund Elliot (1788-1862) dated sometime between 1807 and 1825.
Much of India's populace is rural and the simple vernacular
buildings which form their dwellings have remained largely
unchanged for centuries.
The onslaught of concrete has begun to
have an impact on the scenery, and thatch is not as favoured a
medium of roofing in present-day India.
However, it was these
humble square or rectangular single-storeyed mud or brick houses
with their over-arching roofs and shaded verandahs on all sides
which led to the development of the bungalow (the name derived from
'bangla' in Bengali) as a favoured building style for Europeans in
India.
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