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On #WorldWaterDay my tribute to Bhai Kanhaiya Ji (1648-1718) of #Sialkot & disciple of #Sikh Guru #TegBahadur who offered water (Aduti Sewa) to wounded soldiers of both sides during the wars
@amaanbali @Kharagket @SirPentapotamia @YungBhujang @PunjabiRooh @JasKand @karanbirtinna
#Chamba District is #Covid_19 free!
c1775 AD #Pahari painting from https://t.co/86aNG0QYy7 by Nikka, son of #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh '#Krishna's Medicine Pulls out Fever from #Shiva's Chest'. #COVID19Vaccine
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A Fanciful Animal Drawing.
18th century Tantric (?) painting from #Jaipur #Rajasthan now at @mfaboston
Unusual but interesting, a single head of the Deer fits all 4 when viewed from different directions!
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An Open-air Restaurant at Wazir Khan Mosque, #Lahore, 1889 by #EdwinLordWeeks. Provence (?).
The Mosque, completed in 1642 during #Mughal #ShahJahan's reign, this @akdn restored UNESCO World Heritage Tentative site is considered to be the most Ornately decorated Mughal Mosque.
#AustraliaDay
c1800 #Rajput painting from #Bikaner or #Jaipur #Rajasthan now at @ArtGalleryofNSW #Australia
Wishing all my Australian friends #HappyAustraliaDay with this 'Angel' from India.
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Oh, how badly I wish to sleep an this woman below my window.....
18th century #MughalArt sold by @SomersetAndWood 'A Lady Dancing beneath a Window'.
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A Quick Smoke before I go to my Durbar meeting.
c1775 AD #Rajput painting from #Jaipur #Rajasthan of 'A Nobleman Smoking #Hookah & an Attendant', now at @britishmuseum
Unusual, mostly the paintings are of Noblemen sitting while smoking.
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c1780 AD painting now at #ToorCollection Depicts all 10 #Sikh Gurus Begining with #GuruNanakDev ji Sitting under a Tree. All identified in Gold.
Also seen are #Mardana with the Rubab & Nanak Ram with Baba Priyatam Das Udasi.
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Like Jagat Seths financing #EastIndiaCompany against #Lucknow #Awadh, Nauhria Mahajan Moneylenders of South India working in #Punjab were financing #Sikhs against #British.
Probably by Saini of #Jalandhar, this c1850 #CompanyPainting is now at #DavidCollection.
@Peachtreespeaks
Hmm, Interesting. Green & White on one side and, Tri-colour on the other! Reminds me of India & Pakistan!
c1760 AD #Pahari painting #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at @britishmuseum 'A Raja with 2 Children & 3 Ladies'.
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