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Ganjifa playing cards
These beautiful circular ganjifa playing cards are made of l…
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Hanging bronze lamp shaped like a peacock
Oil lamps, or deepams , are a common feature in both Hindu t…
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Inscribed stele with the yakshi Ambika
Ambika is worshiped by both Hindus and Jains, though her for…
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Jain yantra
A yantra is an abstract diagram made up of several symbolic …
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Linga and yoni
At the heart of every Shiva temple in India is the most powe…
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Marble statue of a tirthankara
The Indian faith of Jainism arose at approximately the same …
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Relief sandstone panel depicting the Saptamatrika
Reliefs of the seven mother goddesses ( matrika ) are usuall…
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Sandstone figure of Surya
The cult of the Hindu sun god, Surya, has a long and interes…
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Sandstone fragment of a doorjamb
This fragmentary doorjamb, from the doorway of an early temp…
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Sandstone stele depicting Matsya
The Hindu god Vishnu fulfils the role of a preserver and mai…
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Sandstone stele of Lakulisha
The stele shows Lakulisha, an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva …
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Schist sculpture of a four-faced linga
The mythology of the Hindu god Shiva is complex and contradi…
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Sculpted panel depicting Vishnu Trivikrama
The demon-king Bali became so powerful that he threatened co…
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Stall for the sale of painted figures, a painting in the Company style
'Company' painting is the broad style term used to describe …
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Stone figure of the war-god Skanda
Shiva and Parvati have two children: the elephant-headed Gan…
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Stone relief of Vajrasattva
In the later developments of Buddhism the figure of the hist…
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Terracotta tile with a musician
While the origins of the Hindu temple are difficult to trace…
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Wooden figure of Krishna
This image of the youthful god Krishna shows him playing the…
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Bharatiya Janata Party badge
The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) is a Hindu Nationalist part…
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Bronze cast coin
At its greatest extent in the 3rd century BC, the Mauryan Em…
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Gold coin of Kumaragupta I
The Gupta dynasty gold coin was named the dinara after the R…
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Gold dinara coin of Kumaragupta I
The main purpose behind the choice of Gupta coin designs see…
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Gold mohur (coin) of Shah Jahangir, with his portrait
The Mughal historian Muhammad Hashim Khafi Khan records that…
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Gold mohur of Jahangir with a portrait of his father Akbar
Special presentation coins ( nazarana ) and coin-like commem…
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Gold Ramatanka charm
In India coins are seen as symbols of good fortune as well a…
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Silver karshapana of the Mauryan Empire
The first coinages of India used the same technology as the …
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Silver rupee of the East India Company
The word rupee is an English version of the Hindi word for a…
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Back cover of a bookbinding
A series of long cartouches is cut out of the leather surfac…
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Gold pendant inlaid with jewels
This gold pendant is inlaid with flat-cut rubies and emerald…
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Green glass huqqa base
Tobacco was introduced into India at the end of the sixteent…
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Jade thumb-ring
This is an archer's thumb-ring, designed to protect the thum…
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Manohar (attributed to), Emperor Jahangir weighing his son Khurram in gold, an album-painting in gouache on paper
This scene illustrates an event in 1607 described in the Mug…
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Manohar, Emperor Jahangir receiving his two sons, an album-painting in gouache on paper
Emperor Jahangir (reigned 1605-27) sits under a richly-decor…
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Miskin (attributed to), The crow addresses the animals, a mounted miniature in gouache on paper
A throng of creatures from the earth, sea and air gathers ar…
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The prophet Elijah rescuing Hamza's nephew, Prince Nur ad-Dahr, a painting in gouache on cotton
The Hamzanama ('Book of Hamza'), is a heroic romance about t…
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Rock-crystal seal of king Avarighsa
King Avarighsa ruled parts of western India prior to the Gup…
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Sikh temple token
This silver temple token would have been given to pilgrims t…
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Painting of Shah Abbas, Khan Alam and a page
This painting shows the meeting of Shah 'Abbas I of Iran (15…
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Miniature of a Mughal prince
The holy man is a dervish, a person who has taken vows of po…
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Silver coin of the Sikh Misals with punch dagger symbol
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Bronze figures of Shiva and Parvati
Shiva is a powerful Hindu deity. He has a female consort, li…
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Ivory figure of Vishnu on a naga throne
Standing beneath a decorative arch with a kirttimukha (monst…
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Marble pillar from a Jain temple
This stone pillar is typical of those sculpted for the many …
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Wooden model of a chariot (ratha)
Temple festivals are a major part of the Hindu calendar all …
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Silver coin of Gautamiputra Satakarni
An inscription of the Satavahana king Gautamiputra (about AD…
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Bhairavi Ragini from the Manley Ragamala, an album painting in gouache on paper
Painting, music and poetry came together in the courts of no…
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Bronze figure of a tirthankara
The Indian faith of Jainism arose at approximately the same …
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Bronze figure of Nataraja
The Hindu god Shiva appears as the lord of the dance, Natar…
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Bronze image of Ganesha on his rat vehicle
The elephant-headed Ganesha is renowned throughout India as …
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Bronze ritual tripod and ewer
Hindu or Jain temples and domestic shrines require certain v…
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Bronze statue of the Buddha
This fine standing image of the Buddha comes from the south-…
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Bronze statues of Vishnu with his consorts Bhu and Shri
The Hindu god Vishnu is depicted as a great king with a tall…
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Copper plate with inscription
The royal seal of the Sena dynasty, a ten-armed figure of th…
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Figure of Narasimha
The fourth (of ten) avatara or 'descent' of the Hindu god Vi…
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Fragment of a limestone pillar
Four faces of this pillar carry carvings, with motifs well-e…
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Garuda in anjalimudra
Many Hindu deities have a vehicle or vahana on which they ri…
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Granite figure of a dvarapala
The Hindu temple is a sacred space, a divine home for the go…
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Granite figure of Dakshinamurti
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Ivory bodhisattva with attendants in a wooden shrine
Ivory is a material commonly associated with the Indian worl…
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Ivory relief of Rama and Lakshmana
This small ivory relief depicts the heroes of the Hindu epic…
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Limestone drum slab depicting the birth of Prince Siddhartha
The remains of the Great Stupa at Amaravati are some of the …
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Limestone drum slab with carving on two sides
This relief has been carved on both sides at different times…
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Limestone panel depicting the Buddhapada
In the early period of Buddhist sculpture in India, the Budd…
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Limestone relief panel depicting a chakravartin
A chakravartin stands in the centre of the panel with his ha…
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Limestone roundel depicting the Mandhata jataka
This roundel is one of the finest reliefs from Amaravati in …
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Limestone roundel depicting the worship of a reliquary
This roundel comes from one of the crossbars that connected …
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Mani stone
This round, flat stone is inscribed across two rows with the…
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Marble relief figure of Sarasvati
Although she is better known as a Hindu goddess, Sarasvati's…
