Bullock Cart in Village India
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Camels are the Ships of the Desert
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Water being transported in a camel cart, Rajasthan
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Fruits transported in a bullock cart
Medieval temple sculpture |
Decorated Auto-rickshaw
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Bicycle Rickshaw, Plassey in Bengal
For the most part of 20th century, the bicycle taxis were the preferred mode of transport in urban India |
Painted wooden palanquin, Goan Museum
Paratgali Muth Collection |  |
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A Vehicle Tranporing Goods and Men
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Narrow Tracks of the Shimla Express
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Traditional Wind Sail Boat of Machwa
Honavar Harbor, Karnataka |
A Potter`s Best Friend
A donkey being used to carry pots to the marketplace. Gyraspur, 1977 |  |
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Light Weight Racing Cart
Chakada Race Festival, Madhya Pradesh |
Bullock Cart Race in Progress
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Life on the Ocean
Boat workers on a mercantile boat |
Women Carrying Palanquin
Sculpture from Uttara Kannada District |  |
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Girls Being Transported in a Truck
Jagadalpur Dasara Festival, 1976 |
A Camel Pulled Cart
In the background is a Mosque, Karachi |  |
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Prehistoric Chariot
Illustration from a petroglyph, Madhya Pradesh |
Mercantile Sail Boat
Non-motorized wooden sailboats known as Machwas have been used in India for transportation for centuries. |  |
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Elephant Pulled Chariot
Illustration from Sounandhika Parinaya |
A Palanquin Rider
Sculpture from Vidyashankar temple, Sringeri |  |
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Palanquin depicted in a Bhatkal relief
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Palanquin Rider
Notice the kulavi headgear worn both by the rider and the carriers |  |
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Women Arguing in a Palanquin
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A palanquin depicted in a stone-print manuscript
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Palanquin from a Mahasati Stone
Illustration shown a woman being carried on her way to commit the suicide of Sati. |
A Palanquin being carried by Women
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A Palanquin depicted in a Mysore Gesso Painting
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A Nobleman Riding a Palanquin
Detail from a Jain Painting in Sravanabelagola |  |
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Two Ladies Riding a Palanquin
Detail from Krishnaparijata folk painting |
Maithili Folk Painting Depicting a Palanquin
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A General Being Carried in a Boxed Palanquin
A palanquin depicted in a war painting |
A Simple Palanquin
Sculpture from the Ketapayya temple in Bhatkal. |  |
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Carrying of the Madame
Madhubani painting, Bihar |
River Dotted with Pathi Boats
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Villages Transporting their Produce in a Boat
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Five Fishermen and a Boat
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Boatmen Waiting for Customers
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"Bring On the Bullocks!"
A daughter of a farmer posing on a bullock cart |  |
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Devotees Carrying a Palanquin of Lord Venkatesh
Car Street, Honavar |
Woman Rides a Cart Pulled by a Bird!
Detail from a temple sculpture, Bhatkal, 16th century A.D. |  |
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The Green Train
Railway Museum, Delhi, India |
WG 2-8-2, Varanasi, India
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Class WP 4-6-2, Itarasi
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National Railway Museum
New Delhi, India |  |
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National Railway Museum
New Delhi |
A Steam Engine
National Railway Museum, Delhi, India |  |
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National Railway Museum
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Horse Pulled Taxi
Known as tongas, horse pulled taxis were a popular mode of transport during the 20th century India |  |
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Chakada (Light-weight Cart)
Line drawing by K.L.Kamat |
Light-wight Racing Chakada Cart
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First Day Cover in Honor of Konkan Railway
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Hundred Years of Railways to Doon Valley
Detail from an Indian postage |  |
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Hundred Years of Kalka-Shimla Railway
Detail from Indian postal stamp |
Centenary of Indian Railways
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Old Fashioned Railway Signal
Konkan Railway, 2005 |
The Auto-rickshaw
Three wheleer auto-rickshaws are quite popular in towns and cities of India |  |
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Royal Palanquin
A palanquin belonging to the ruler of Mysore |
Palanquin Ride for the Prince
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Logo of the Indian Railways
Detail from a train car |
Palanquin (Palki) Carriers
Detail from Rangoli art |  |
