Lord Ellenborough as a dancing girl in a Hindu temple; representing press allegations that, as Governor-General of India, he favoured Hinduism over Islam in his policy towards the gates of the temple at Somnath. Wood engraving by or after J.K. Meadows, 1843.

Sexuality, obscenity, community : women, Muslims, and the Hindu public in colonial India / Charu Gupta.

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Lord Ellenborough as a dancing girl in a Hindu temple; representing press allegations that, as Governor-General of India, he favoured Hinduism over Islam in his policy towards the gates of the temple at Somnath. Wood engraving by or after J.K. Meadows, 1843.

Sexuality, obscenity, community : women, Muslims, and the Hindu public in colonial India / Charu Gupta.