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**[http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2010/10/indian-men-in-ox-cart-date-unknown.html Photograph: Indian Men in Ox Cart [drawn by a pair of oxen<nowiki>]</nowiki>] oldindianphotos.in. [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!58605!0 A bullock Ekka (Indian carriage & pa[ir?<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 1862 National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Museum.
**[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00glossarydata/terms/ekka/ekka.html Images of ekkas and other carts] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00glossary/index.html#index Early Modern India: a Select Glossary] Professor Frances Pritchett.
**Description of journeys from ''Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab, a Contrast'' by F St J Gore 1895 Archive.org
***[https://archive.org/stream/lightsshadesofhi00gore#page/170/mode/2up/search/ekha Description of a trip in an ekha], page 170
***[https://archive.org/stream/lightsshadesofhi00gore#page/254/mode/2up Description of a trip on a mail tonga, from Kohat], page 254
*Inflated animal skins
**The Khatnaoo, an inflatable bullock skin used for water travel (may also be called a Dareyi)<ref>Shiraz, Richard [https://in.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/apnahimachal/conversations/messages/1159 kundan from harsi] Apna Himachal Yahoo group July 14, 2005. Retrieved 24 May 2015</ref>
***C 1857 Illustration: [https://archive.org/stream/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog#page/n153/mode/2up page 125] ''Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from My Journal'' by Colonel H A Ouvry 1892 Archive.org
***[https://archive.org/stream/lightsshadesofhi00gore#page/n220/mode/1up Photograph: Senais on the Sutlej] facing page 122, with a [https://archive.org/stream/lightsshadesofhi00gore#page/120/mode/2up description], page 121, ''Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab, a Contrast'' by F St J Gore 1895 Archive.org. With photographs by the author.
***[http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll29/item/62 Crossing the Sutlej near Simla upon inflated animal skins] c 1905 University of Houston Digital Library. From ''India Illustrated: Being a Collection of Pictures of the Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Together with a Selection of the Most Interesting Buildings and Scenes throughout India'', published by Bennett, Coleman, & Co., publishers of the English language newspaper ''Times of India'', c 1905.
***[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/i/019pho000000181u00035000.html Stereoscopic photograph of inflated bullock skin boat, or dreas, at the side of the river Sutlej] (British Library). Image 35, with a description , [https://archive.org/stream/indiathroughste00ricagoog#page/n129/mode/2up page 123] ''India through the stereoscope : a Journey through Hindustan'' by James Ricalton 1907 Archive.org
****Further images, possibly taken at the same time by James Ricalton, but not named, from calisphere, University of California, and others: [http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1v19r0zr/?order=2&brand=calisphere Crossing Sutley in bullock-skin boats. India], [http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt667nd6cs/?order=2&brand=calisphere Ferry boats of Bullock Skins on the Sutley River in the Himalayas, India], [http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4t1nd5zd/?order=2&brand=calisphere Boatmen - Sutley River. India], Two versions of Inflated Bullock Skins Used for Ferry Boats on Sutlej River in Punjab, India: [http://contentmonk.cdlibradford.orgedu/cdm/ref/collection/keystone/id/439 Radford University Digital Collections], [http://arklibrary24.library.cornell.edu:8280/13030luna/servlet/kt3f59r2bddetail/?order=2&brand=calisphere CUL_KAR~1~1~6091~100437:Inflated -Bullock -Skins -for -Ferry Boats in Sulej River in the Punajb, India – Simla-Bo Cornell University Library], [http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3t1nd50m/?order=2&brand=calisphere Boatman leaving Sutley River and carrying home boats, India].
*** See Youtube video above "The British Empire and India (part 1 of 2)". Includes a segment at 3.16 on the Khatnaoo.
** A smaller inflated sheepskin, usually used as a water-carrier's bag: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001679470b?urlappend=%3Bseq=121 Illustration: Our Bath] [swimming pool] with a description on [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001679470b?urlappend=%3Bseq=124 page 124] of an inflated sheep’s hide, used for fun in the pool. '' "Curry & Rice," on Forty Plates, or, The Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India'' by George Francklin Atkinson 1858 Hathi Trust. Note: Illustration can be rotated.
