Public-domain art from India
200 public-domain plates · 14th century BCE to 20th century · 504 attributed
200 public-domain works from India spanning the 14th century BCE to 20th century, drawn from museum open-access programmes and released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag. Free to download and reuse. Of these, 504 carry a named artist or maker.
Artists & makers in this set
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Marriage of Minakshi and Sundarehsvara, attended by Vishnu
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Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
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From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 42 from the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of Nine Essences) of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1580–1627); verso: From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 36 from the Kitab-i Nauras of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II
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A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)
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Portrait of Muhammed Azim
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Portrait of an Aged Courtier
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Sari
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Sari
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Amir Khusrau Dedicates His Poem to Sultan Ala al-Din Khalji, page from the Quintet (Khamsa) of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi
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Shawl
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Fan
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Fan
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Scarf
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Child's Tunic
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Cap
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Square
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Two Girls Performing Kathak
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Banquet Cloth
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Curtain Fragment with Rows of Flowers
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Shawl End
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Portrait of a Beauty
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Al-Mu'tazz Sends Gifts to Abdulla ibn Abdulla, from a copy of the Tarikh-i Alfi
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Page from the St. Petersburg Album
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The Greedy Dog
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Goddess of Abundance Enthroned on Lion and Lustrated by Elephants
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Seven-Hooded Snake (Naga)
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Album Page with Calligraphic Specimen
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Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat
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River Goddess Ganga with Attendants
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River Goddess Yamuna with Attendants
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Turban Ornament (Turra)
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Mother and Child
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Kichik Beg Wounded during Babur's Attack on Qalat, from a copy of the Baburnama (Book of Babur)
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Portrait of Emperor Jahangir
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Mail Shirt
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Mail Shirt
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Fichu or Scarf
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Dhumavati
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Parreysia bhamoensis
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Alticus triangulus Chapman
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Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
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Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
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Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
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Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
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Panel
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Shawl Fragment
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Panel
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Album Page with a Portrait of Namdar Khan (Side A) and Calligraphic Specimens (Side B)
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Fragment
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Knife (Kard) with Battling Elephants, Rhinoceros and Lions on the sheath
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Curved Dagger (Khanjar) with Ram-Head Pommel
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Dagger (Katar)
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Dagger with Lion-Head Pommel
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Dagger (Katar)
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Betel-Leaf Container (Pandan)
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Altarpiece with the First Jaina Tirthankara Rishabhanatha Surrounded by Twenty-Three Other Tirthankaras
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Altarpiece with Twenty-Second Jaina Tirthankara Neminatha Surrounded by Twenty-Three Other Tirthankaras
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Fitted Chest with Floral and Grape-Leaf Motifs
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Vishnu on Garuda Slaying a Demon
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Gunpowder Primer Flask with Composite Water Buffalo, Boar, and Antelope
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Covered Potiche
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Sword Guard with Floral Design
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Shawl
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Long Shawl
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Shawl
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Long Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Long Shawl
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Long Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Cover
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Palampore
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Square Shawl
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Shawl
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Palampore
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Bedspread
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Sari
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Square Shawl
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Shawl
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Heirloom Textile
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Ceremonial Skirt Cloth (dodot)
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Ceremonial Skirt Cloth (dodot)
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Panel
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Carpet
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Carpet
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Ceremonial Cloth
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Square Shawl
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Shawl
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Square Shawl
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Square Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Cover
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Shawl
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Scarf or Shawl
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Spread or Cover
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Heirloom Textile
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Shawl
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Square Shawl
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Heirloom Textile
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Prayer Carpet
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Carpet
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Rug
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Cap
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Dagger Hilt with Floral Designs
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Knife Hilt with Deer-Head Pommel
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Painted cotton with medallion and figures
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Long Shawl
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Long Shawl
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Horse-Headed Yogini Hayagriva Seated Holding a Child
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Woman's Day Dress
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Man's Angarkha (Outer Robe)
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Man's Informal Robe
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Shawl Fragment
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Panel of Chintz for a Woman's Skirt
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Architectural relief panel with floral design
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Panel
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Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden
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Fragment (From a shawl)
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Carpet
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Shawl
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Length of Chintz
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Two Fragments
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Album of 37 photographs
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Jesus among the doctors in the Temple
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Patolu
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Patolu
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Panel
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Panel
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Krishna Receives a Flower Garland
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Thakur Narain Singh of Roopnagar
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Portrait of a Courtesan
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Portrait of an Indian Lady in Maharashtrian dress
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Portrait of A Nobleman with a Sword
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Portrait of Mahārājā Lieutenant Sri Rāmacandra Dev IV Bahādura of Jeypore as a Crown Prince
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Portrait of Thakur Ranchod Das
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Portrait of Tilkayat Govardhanlalji of Nathdwara
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Portrait of Miss Bidya Dhari of Benares
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Portrait of an Indian Royal with a Vaishnava Tilak on his Forehead
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Mysore Kolatum Dancers
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Portrait of Maharana Bhupal Singh of Udaipur
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Portrait of Shri Vallabh Charan Das
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Group of Maharashtrian Army officers
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Portrait of an Indian Royal personage
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Portrait of an Indian Prince
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Portrait of the Nawab of Dujana
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Portrait of Tilkayat Govardhanlalji of Nathdwara
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Portrait of the young Jiwajirao Scindia of Gwalior
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Portrait of a Young Prince in Royal Dress
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Portrait of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II of Jodhpur
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Portrait of a Dancing Girl of Rajputana
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A Young Royal Standing holding a Sword
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An Indian Royal (possibly Maharaja Anand Rao Puar III of Dhar) in a Sitting Pose
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Portrait of Maharaja Sir Shivaji Rao Holkar XII, Maharaja of Indore
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An Indian Nobleman in Court Dress
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Portrait of Maharaja Sir Ishwari Singhji of Bundi
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Portrait of Sir Seth Swarupchand Hukumchand Kasliwal of Indore
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An Indian Royal in Western Dress
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An Indian Nobleman Standing against a Chair
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An Indian Royal Standing holding a Sword
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Lion Fitting for a Throne
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Perfume Bottle (Attardan) and Tray
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Lion Fittings
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Woven Textile Fragment
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Woven Textile Fragment
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Woven Textile Fragment
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Woven Textile Fragment
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Woven Textile Fragment
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Woven Textile Fragment
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Cow Suckling a Calf
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A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon
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Bullock Cart, Delhi
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Fruitsellers
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Brahmanshanti Yaksha: Folio (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalaka of Devachandra
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Fragments of a Carpet
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Two Elephants Fighting in a Courtyard Before Muhammad Shah
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Folio (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text
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Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy
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Folio from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text (recto); Brahmanshanti Yaksha (verso)
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Major Martelli's Camp at Mhow
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Heavy Field Battery, Jhansi
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Jhansi Fort and Elephant Battery
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Fancy Ball, Indore
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Ramkishore Singh of Rewa
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Maharaja Scindia, Nobles, and High Officials, Gwalior
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His Highness Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior
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