This Ekka is actually transporting a European from Kashmir to Murree c1904. It is from a photo taken by James Ricalton
"An ekka has no springs; that great pouch below the axle is to hold fodder for the horse. The compartment above the axle is for baggage; the third space is for passengers, often containing five or six with heads thrust out on every side, reminding one of a market crate of poultry; so that the general aspect of a well-stocked traveling ekka is a snarl or conglomeration of horse, humanity, rags and ropes. Seven days and one hundred and fifty-five miles of ekka travel leave impressions mental and physical not soon to be forgotten."
