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Untitled watercolor by Anon, 1820. Captioned – A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. A British Surgeon puts Ganjah on the Medical Map In Read More …
‘Harachandi Sahi Ganja & Bhang Shop’ in Puri, Orissa, India, 1969
“A dog weighing 25 pounds received an injection of two ounces of an active U.S.P. Fluid extract in the jugular vein with the expectation that it would certainly be sufficient to produce death…” -A 1907 study ‘A Pharmacological study of Read More …
‘Group of Nautch Girls with Musicians’ Kashmir, India 1870’s
“A studio portrait of a Kathiawar Rajput gentleman posed with a hookah.” Bombay, India – 1867
‘Street smokers’, India 1922
“Ganja plant ready for cutting, some of the dried leaves still adhering” Naogaon, India – February 16, 1894 (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895’) Plate 85
Gaddi village man smoking hookah, near Dharamsala, India 1980
“Gathering the Ganja Crop”, Naogaon, India – February 16, 1894 – (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895’) plate 110
‘Weighing Charas’ – Kasjmir, India 1969