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14/ A tiger, from a copy of ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by al-Qazwīnī (d. 1283/682), Mughal India, possibly the Punjab, 17th century from National Library of Medicine #tigerday
Painting depicting Ten Sikh Gurus with attendants
Punjab, late 19th Century
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Communication debate तर्क संगत शास्त्रार्थ must continue that's basic thread to keep society alive
'Knives are out' & so are the 'Swords' after #ElectionCommission declares elections in #Punjab, #Goa, #UttarPradesh, #Uttrakhand & #Manipur.
So, #Pahari painting by #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh of Swords of Raja Balwant Singh of #Nagrota #Jammu, c1750, sold by @Sothebys
@RebeccaGrambo The green pigments seem to have faded right across the artwork, so we're pretty certain that's a depiction of plum-headed parakeet (Himalayapsitta cyanocephala).
[Pic on right from Punjab, India, by R Thapar via @MacaulayLibrary https://t.co/j1yv8qWo51]
An old inaugurating tablet of High School in name of Sir Chhotu Ram Zamindar at Sonepat c 1939 (now Haryana) by then premier of Punjab, Sir Sikander Hayat Khan. Both of them belonged to Jat community & leading politicians of Unionist party of British Punjab.
#Punjab
How the #British #Raj brought lasting changes in the way people dressed & used textiles in #Punjab, new book by author Jasvinder Kaur #History #BookReview @YungBhujang @Kharagket @JasKand @SirPentapotamia @sialmirzagoraya @JAJafri @RamblingSingh @Corinthes https://t.co/4NI5hu8vCH
#LockdownBlues: When Money runs short.
'A Naoriah Mahajan Moneylender', with his bookkeepers, c1850 #CompanySchool #CompanyPainting attributed to Muhammad Sanullah 'Sani' of #Jalandhar #Punjab, now at #DavidCollection.
Humour element: Shirt opens on the 'robust' Mahajan's stomach
dead in the background. The Battle of the Hydaspes was fought in 326 BC between Alexander the Great and King Porus of the Paurava kingdom on the banks of the river Jhelum (known to the Greeks as Hydaspes) in Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan).
A Bharbhunja couple ? The traditional occupation of the #Bharbhunja community is roasting & selling different types of grain like corn/maize & groundnuts. They are found in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh. #History
Himalayan salt is mostly mined at the Khewra Salt Mine in Khewra, Jhelum District, Punjab, which is situated in the foothills of the Salt Range hill system in the Punjab province of the Pakistan to the Indo-Gangetic Plain.