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History, Art and Architecture of South Asia

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An illustration from the Ramayana
Paithan,
Mid 19th century
Gouache on paper, 40 x 30 cm

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নৃসিংহ | Narasimha
Kalighat,
Watercolour and Tin Alloy on paper
1835-1840
Currently

This is in the elaborate and sophisticated style of the early Kalighat pats.

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Rama and Lakshmana bound by Indrajit's weapon
An illustration from the Yuddha Kanda
In the Shangri Style III
Pahari, Bahu or Kulu, c 1700

Sold London, 2021

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I am reading the book "Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires" by William Pinch. It is probably the best book on this topic and is a gripping read of this fascinating period of Indian History.

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Krishna fluting under a Kadamba tree, surrounded by gopis
Gouache on paper
19th century (?)

Can anyone identify the school?

From the dresses this looks like a painting from central India or Maharashtra but I haven't seen any other paintings in this style.

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There is also the anonymously penned drama Ājakāra Bājāra Bhau (1873) based on the infamous Tarakeshwar Affair - a scandal that rocked Bengal - involving a sixteen-year-old married girl named Elokeshī and the head priest of a Hindu temple in Tarakeswar.

https://t.co/aADdk3S95W

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A plantain (musa balbisiana)
Company School, India or South East Asia
Early 19th century

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Ashta Bhuja Durga
Battles four asuras by herself
Chitrasala Press, Pune, 1920s

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An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch
Dated 1778,
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper


Love the details of every flower, bud, leaf, bird, insect. This has to be one of Shaikh Zain Al-Din's greatest paintings.

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