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Miniature portrait watercolours, ink and gold on paper
These paintings come from an album which was typical of thos…
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Raja Hari Singh with waterpipe and attendants, gouache on paper
The Hindu Rajput states of Rajasthan were conquered by the M…
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Red sandstone figure of a tirthankara
The Indian faith of Jainism arose at approximately the same …
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Red sandstone pillar capital
This pillar capital is covered with Prakrit inscriptions in …
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Red sandstone railing pillar
The Kushan Empire (first - third century AD) fostered a rema…
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Relief sculpture of Varaha with Bhu and Gadadevi
As a saviour deity, Vishnu appears in various incarnations (…
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Ring and sword of Tipu Sultan
Like his father before him, Tipu Sultan, the Muslim ruler of…
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Sandstone figure of a Hindu goddess
While this multi-armed figure of a Hindu goddess appears to …
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Sandstone figure of Chamunda
The Great Hindu goddess Devi takes many forms: benign, sensu…
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Sandstone figure of Shalabhanjika Yakshi
The Great Stupa at Sanchi is said to contain the relics of t…
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Sandstone figure of the Buddha
The sculpture of the Gupta period (AD 320-550) forms a stand…
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Sandstone figure of the seated Buddha
Sarnath was perhaps the most glorious site of Buddhist sculp…
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Sandstone stele with a figure of Harihara
By the sixth century AD the sects of both Shiva and Vishnu w…
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Sandstone stele with a figure of Vishnu
Vishnu is the preserver and maintainer of spiritual, moral a…
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Scenes from the legend of Gazi
Story-telling using painted scrolls or panels is known of in…
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Schist figure of a matrika (mother goddess)
This matrika stands wearing a dhoti (lower garment) and a lo…
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Sculpture of Buddha with kneeling Maitreya
The Buddha stands with his right hand in the gesture of givi…
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Stela with a female figure
Hindu temples in Orissa frequently include statues of semi-d…
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Stone figure of Brahma
It is often said that there is a trinity of Hindu gods: Brah…
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Stone sculpture of Shakti-Ganesha
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Stone statue of Shiva as Lingodbhava
This stone statue is of the powerful Hindu god Shiva , in hi…
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Terracotta head of a bodhisattva
South of the Kashmir valley, Akhnur in the area of Jammu has…
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Terracotta tile with crouching figures
Harwan is one of the earliest archaeological sites in Kashmi…
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Varaha with Bhu, gouache on paper
In the third of his ten incarnations ( avatara ) Vishnu appe…
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White marble sculpture of the child Krishna
This small sculpture depicts the popular Indian deity, Krish…
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Wooden panel with a musician
Carved in high-relief on a wooden panel a man stands with an…
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Bronze coin of Satakarni
This coin has one of the commonest designs on Indian coinage…
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Gold mohur of Jahangir
In 1584, the Mughal emperor of India, Akbar (1556-1605), est…
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Gold pagoda
The French Company of the East Indies was set up in 1664 wit…
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Gold tanka of Sultan Qutb al-Din Mubarak Shah I
Mubarak Shah I (reigned 1317-21) ascended the throne of Delh…
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Hundi (Indian bill of exchange)
A bill of exchange is a written note given by one person to …
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Silver dramma coin
When the Huns invaded western India in the late fifth centur…
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Silver ½ rupee of the British East India Company, struck in the name of William and Mary
Silver, gold and copper bullion imported into Mughal India h…
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Silver tanka of Muhammad b. Sam, sultan of Delhi
The traditional motif used on the coins of the Hindu Rajas o…
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Wooden henta board
As in other parts of the Indian Ocean, many people in the Ni…
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Wooden shoe
The existence of a number of shoes in the founding collectio…
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Carved jade terrapin
This large jade terrapin is carved from a single piece of gr…
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Two jade bases for a huqqa pipe
These are the bases of a pair of fine huqqa pipes, no doubt …
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James Macardell, Robert, Lord Clive, mezzotint after a painting by Thomas Gainsborough
Robert Clive (1725-74) was a courageous soldier and a cunnin…
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Four Orientals seated under a tree, a drawing
This unusual scene is one of a series of drawings that Rembr…
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Portrait of Shah Abbas hawking
This portrait shows Shah 'Abbas I (1571 – 1629) of Iran. His…
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Shiva and Parvati sculpture
It may have been made for a shrine dedicated to Shiva at a t…
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Sikh fortress turban
Sikhism is a monotheistic faith founded by Guru Nanak in AD …
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Gold coin of Muhammad ibn Sam showing the Goddess Lakshmi.
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A Rajput king worshipping Krishna, a painting on paper
In this painting the ruler of the Rajput state of Mewar is s…
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Bronze figure of the Buddha Shakyamuni
This beautiful little bronze statue of the Buddha Shakyamuni…
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Men hunting wild boar, painting in gouache on paper
In this large painting five men are shown in a dense forest …
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Rama on Hanuman fighting Ravana, an album painting on paper
This painting depicts the climax of the Hindu epic, the Rama…
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Stone relief of the Crowned Buddha
This stone relief was discovered at Bodh Gaya, the location …
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The Kulu vase
Although commonly thought of as coming from Kulu, this vase …
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Silver pagoda of the East India Company
Following the successful introduction of a European-style mi…
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Silver rupee of Charles II
The English settled in the town of Surat in south-east India…
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Silver rupee of Sa'adat, nawab of Oudh
As Mughal power declined in India during the eighteenth and …
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Brick with Sanskrit inscription
Markham Kittoe (1808-1853) found this brick in a field in th…
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Stone sculpture of Durga Mahishasuramardini
The myth of Durga killing the buffalo-demon Mahisha has been…
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Terracotta female head
The city of Ushkur, ancient Huvishkapura, in the Kashmir val…
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Gold S.Thome of João III, king of Portugal
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to settle in India, …
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Pillar of Emperor Ashoka
They stand without a base and are topped with capitals in th…
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Electrotype copy of gold 200 mohur of Shah Jahan
The largest Mughal gold coin ever made was a 1000 mohur of t…
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Copper alloy figure of Tara
As Buddhism developed in India and the Himalayas, the male …
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Limestone pillar depicting scenes from the life of Buddha
This fine relief illustrates the story of the conversion of …
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Limestone relief panel depicting the Great Departure of Prince Siddhartha
When Queen Maya gave birth to Prince Siddhartha (the future …
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Sandstone miniature Hindu temple
This miniature temple is composed of three sections. It is t…
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Seated lama
In Tibet, as in all Buddhist countries, the Buddhist dharma …
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Stone stele with the dharmapala Mahakala
Several Tibetan Buddhist deities are protective figures ( dh…
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Tangka of the arhat Kanakavatsa
Arhats are the saints of Buddhism, followers of the Buddha w…
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General Claude-Auguste Court's book of coin rubbings
After the defeat of Napoleon I, Claude-Auguste Court (1793-1…
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Gold aureus of emperor Caligula
This coin was made in Rome in the first century AD, but was …
