'Yungya after burning'

B&W photographic print. 'The inhabitants had disappeared at the approach of the column, taking all their possessions with them. "The whole place was crawling with myriads of hungry fleas, many of which we carried off with us. Firewood, thatch, even lumps of clay for making pots [had all been] re...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 58/02/A/06 Open

Date(s) of creation: 9 April 1923
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004129
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_58.02.A.06
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber PP MS 58/02/A/06
callnumber_txt PP MS 58/02/A/06
callnumber-sort PP MS 58/02/A/06
prefix_number 06
title 'Yungya after burning'
scb_date_creation 9 April 1923
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 photograph
format Archive
description B&W photographic print. 'The inhabitants had disappeared at the approach of the column, taking all their possessions with them. "The whole place was crawling with myriads of hungry fleas, many of which we carried off with us. Firewood, thatch, even lumps of clay for making pots [had all been] removed. Even the great wood drums had been dragged off somewhere, and the punishment we were able to inflict by burning what was left was very small indeed."'
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs 8 x 5.5cm
scb_copies Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
note Naga (South Asian people)
Konyak (Indic people)
Phom (Indic people)
Discovery & exploration
Scorched earth
Naga Hills (India)
Yungya is also known as Aopao or Ao Pao and resides in the Champang H.Q. of the Mon District, Nagaland, India.
Ethnicity: Naga
Ethnicity: Konyak Naga
Ethnicity: Phom Naga
scb_url http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004129
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 58
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_58.0002.00A.0006

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