Painting of Malabar Trogon, a Bird from Western Ghats, now on the Endangered List.
Dated 1779, by artist Zayn al-Din of & commissioned by in and, sold by Simon Ray Ltd.

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Carder dhuniya
what you call it?
company Painting Patna Kalam, 18th C
with striking that wooden that he holds on that long string makes vibration that results cotton to shread

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Thread Makers," Patna, 1824; from a series of Company School paintings of crafts
yarn making from cotton, cotton threader now this is making of thread of required quality etc

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Bhavani, at first i was confused? no where looks like Devi, i thought of Bhavani Thakur, a name i had read.
Devi ferocious aspect of Pārvatī, stands on decapitated body of male.
without any ornaments, holds sword+spear company painting, 19th C
Patna Kalam
what usay

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Celebrating the arrival of Spring with this gorgeous painting by 18th century illustrator from Patna, Zain ud-Din. While he was inspired by English botanical illustrations, he added elements of Mughal artistic tradition, creating a distinctive personal style. 
Source: Smithsonian

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( Another beautiful face with (No Title) by Sharmla Karri from Vishakapatnam, India.

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Sale of postcards: 3 July

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signorformica:

Watercolour painting of Rāhu (Sanskrit: राहु), the Hindu demon who causes eclipses and is the king of meteors. Patna, India ~ 19th c. British Museum. Bibliothèque Infernale on FB https://t.co/D88bWguWaE

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Fakir and acolyte," a watercolor, Patna, 1824
and Holy man
painting/illustration by European artists
first is may be Nath sampraday second is shaiv sanyasi?

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Is it not Dhenki or Dhinki, old style rice mill or husk lever
usually women of households in rural/villages do such jobs, but here man is shown operating while woman is doing other work. still that requires extra skill!
from Patna kalam 1819-24
company painting

Agri occupation

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Levi in her room with some furry patnas.

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LOOK: Satellite image of typhoon as it makes landfall in the vicinity of Patnanungan, Quezon at 10:30 PM tonight. |via

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The Dutch established their ‘factory’, or trading post at Machilipatnam, in 1605 CE, under a charter from the Qutub Shahi Sultan. By 1620, the Dutch had established a thriving and profitable trade between Machilipatnam and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
https://t.co/mg2mmrdnsJ

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Three paintings of Patna's Golghar.

1st - 1814-15
2nd - 1825
and
3rd - 1888.
This structure was completed on 20 July 1786. In 1784, its construction was ordered by Gov. Gen. Warren Hastings.
Consider, the first painting made in 1814–15, in which the Ganges is seen nearby.

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Apatnapu't walong taon makaraan, wala pa ring nagbago. Talamak pa rin ang pang-aapi ng estado, na malinaw sa kawalan ng hustisya, pagsupil sa malayang pamamahayag, at sa iligal na pag-aresto at pagpaslang sa mga mamamayan. (1/3)

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206 years old colour painting of main street of in was painted by official artist of East India Company in 1814 AD.

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