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===Means of transport===
*[http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll123/id/78892/rec/156 Photograph: Missionary being taken up hill on a litter [dandy<nowiki>]</nowiki>, Darjeeling, ca.1890] Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland. USC Digital Library. Hobson Jobson page 296 [http://www.archive.org/stream/hobsonjobson029985mbp#page/n349/mode/2up Dandy, dandi]
*Photographs showing a Palkee, Palki, Palanquin, with Bearers: [http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ggbain.00366/ Palanquin, India] Library of Congress. [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12825SX1354O1.90703&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!58937~!41&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Calcutta&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1#focus Palkee, Calcutta]. Smithsonian Institution. Click image to enlarge. Undated, before 1903. [http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2011/03/four-men-carrying-palkee-palanquin.html Four men carrying a Palkee (Palanquin) c 1870s] Old Indian Photos.
**[https://archive.org/stream/glimpsesofoldbom00dougrich#page/148/mode/2up “Across India in a Palkee” [in 1845]<nowiki>]</nowiki> page 149 ''Glimpses of Old Bombay and Western India, with other papers'' by James Douglas 1900 Archive.org. Article with images: [http://oldphotosbombay.blogspot.com/2011/02/bombay-to-calcutta-18251400-miles-in-25.html "Bombay to Calcutta ...1,400 Miles In 25 Days, in a Palanquin...] Old Photos,Bombay
*Inflated animal skins
**The Khatnaoo, an inflatable bullock skin used for water travel (may also be called a Dareyi)
