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1981

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4.1.9

Vashist ground floor of a house and detail of veranda construction. Note quantity of timber in it, also stock of timber in background.

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1984

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Work

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4.22.8A

West Himalayan staff who were working on building Priniropa house.

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Prini

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1985

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4.28.1A

Priniropa house. veranda construction.

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Prini

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1985

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4.28.11A

Priniropa house. Detail of veranda construction.

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Prini

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1985

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4.28.2A

Priniropa house. veranda construction.

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Prini

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1985

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Agriculture, Architecture

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View from Prini veranda before the arches were made. Rice terraces, called ‘ropa’. Looking up valley from our veranda in 1985 there was only one house in view – Mangal Singh’s cousin. The snows of solang range clear, it was probably spring.

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Prini

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1988

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5.7.23

View from above Priniropa of the peak, the far side of Hampta Nala. Tara and my favourite view. ‘Kilta’ loads of manure have been put on the terracing before being ploughed in.

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1988

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5.7.23

View from above Priniropa of the peak, the far side of Hampta Nala. Tara and my favourite view. ‘Kilta’ loads of manure have been put on the terracing before being ploughed in.

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Prini

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1988

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Customs

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5.7.4

Lunchtime at Prini. Ram Chand, Rahul, Tara and Boura Singh.

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Prini

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1988

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Customs

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5.7.4

Lunchtime at Prini. Ram Chand, Rahul, Tara and Boura Singh.

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1988

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5.8.2

Priniropa veranda. East side, before the construction of the carved arches

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Prini

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1988

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5.8.2

Priniropa veranda. East side, before the construction of the carved arches

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Prini

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1988

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5.8.3

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Prini

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1988

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5.8.3

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Prini

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1988

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Architecture

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5.8.8

Top floor Priniropa.

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Prini

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1988

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5.8.8

Top floor Priniropa.

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Prini

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1989

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5.9.30

Detail of jharu (brush) and spade, staircase, timber bonded construction and hay.

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Prini

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1989

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5.11.26

View from Priniropa veranda, looking up valley towards Shukerbeh & Mukerbeh.

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Prini

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1989

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5.11.29

Priniropa veranda. Looking East to the peak between Hampta & Jagatsukh. In 1989 there were still no buildings between our house and Prini village above.

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1989

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5.11.3

Grand house, timber bonded, dressed stone. Woman on veranda with arches. Straw sleeping / sitting mats stored under roof. Decorated doorway to ground floor.

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1989

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5.11.6

Men threshing grain in a mortar. Girl with a ‘jharu’ is sweeping spilt grain back into the mortar. Beautiful building with double veranda in the background.

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Prini

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1990

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5.20.1

View from Priniropa veranda, looking up valley. Used for jacket of ‘At Home in the Himalayas’ book by Christina Noble.

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Prini

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1990

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Landscape

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5.20.16

View from above Priniropa, looking up valley to Hanuman Tibba, Shukerbeh, Mukerbeh, and Ladakhi peak

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Prini

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1990

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5.20.29

View from Priniropa, looking up valley. Poor quality photo.

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Prini

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2003

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Agriculture

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6.2.10

Prini Village: Cow, large ‘handi’, ‘kilta’, and hay.

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Prini

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2003

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agriclture

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6.2.11

Prini Village: Cow, large ‘handi’, ‘kilta’, and hay, more of the cow’s head.

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Prini

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2003

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6.2.12

Prini Village: Large ‘handi’, ‘kilta’, and hay.

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Prini

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2003

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Agriculture, Craft, Customs

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6.2.15

Ground floor, a cow outside her byre, cooking utensils for feasts – marriages and melas

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Prini

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2008

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Architecture

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6.8.2

Prini Ropa: One of the two fire escapes this one from the veranda to ground level closed off a few years later.

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Prini

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2008

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6.8.20

Prini Ropa: The sitting room.

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Prini

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2008

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6.8.21

Prini Ropa: The attic room, with white and blue curtains, as in the ‘gompa’.

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Prini

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2008

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6.8.3

Prini Ropa: Corner of the house from the kitchen side. Note the dressed stone and timber – ‘deodar’ bonding. The lower window leads into the store, and the upper window leads into the visitors’ bathroom. (Film slip error: verandah at the bottom of the picture).

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2008

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6.8.3a

Prini Ropa: The kitchen building. The ‘thalis’ etc. are laid out to dry on the stone table (Karma brought the stone from Sainj). Benches by the table and ‘charpois’ to relax on.