Indian Collection (page 100)

Akbar hunting, Mughal Scool, 1590. At British Museum

Hanuman, the Monkey-Demon, causing mischief among men, c1730. Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the Bhagavata Purana Divivida the monkey demon causing mischief Indian painting

Krishna, riding the Bird-God Garuda, fights the God, Indra (on an elephant), c1590. Garuda is a large legendary bird, bird-like creature

Ivory Dagger Handle of Camels Head, India, Mughal, 17th century. British Museum

Battle between Alexander and Porus, 326 BC, (mid to late 17th century). Artist: Nicolaes Berchem
Battle between Alexander and Porus, 326 BC, (mid to late 17th century). The forces of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) combat those of the Indian rajah Porus (active 327-315 BC)

Blackfoot Native American tepee lining, showing a buffalo hunt

Blackfoot Native American tepee lining showing an attack on a camp

An indian sculpture of a group of marine deities, 1st century
An indian sculpture of a group of marine deities in Gandhara style, from the British Museums collection, 1st century

Female temple dancer from Deccan, 12th century
Female temple dancer from Hoysala, Deccan. From the British Museums collection, 12th century

Siva with the bull, Nandi, followed by his consort Parvati, 18th century
Painting of Siva with the bull, Nandi, followed by his consort Parvati from Mandi, India, 18th century

An Indian marriage painting from Lucknow, 18th century
An Indian marriage painting from Lucknow in the Mughal school, from the V&As collection, 18th century

Painting of the god Khrishna watching Radha at her bath, 19th century
Painting of Khrishna watching Radha at her bath from Garwhal in the Punjab hills, from the V&As collection, 19th century

European and Indian merchants in Delhi, 17th century

The Snake Charmers, 1870. Artist: Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
The Snake Charmers, 1870. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Bronze coin of the Scythian king Azes I, 1st century BC
Bronze coin of the Scythian king of north-west India Azes I (ruled c. 48- 46 BC - 25 BC). He was responsible for the completion of the domination of the Scythians in that region, 1st century BC

Gold coin of the Kushan emperor Vima Kadphises, 1st century
Gold coin of Vima Kadphises, a king of Bactria and north-west India. He ruled over a centre of trade on the Silk Road between central Asia and Antioch, 1st century

Bronze coin of the Parthian King Gondophares
Bronze coin of Gondophares, a Parthian king of north-west India. The name Gondophares was apparently held by several Kings

Indian terracotta bisexual figure, 3rd century BC
Indian terracotta bisexual figure from Sar Dheri, from the V&As collection, 3rd century BC

Indian terracotta statuette of a monkey, 1st century BC
Indian terracotta statuette of a monkey, from Sar Dheri, from the V&As collection, 1st century BC

Silver coin of the Huns copying an Indian style, 5th century BC
Silver coin of the Huns, copying Gupta style, 5th century BC

Indian terracotta bust of the mother-goddess Sar Dheri, 1st century
Indian terracotta bust of the mother-goddess Sar Dheri, from the V&As collection, 1st century

Mask representing a god, Aztec / Mixtec, Mexico, early 16th century
Aztec Turquoise Mosaic Mask.Mask representing a god, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, early 16th century. A turquoise and shell mask usually thought to represent the god Quetzalcoatl

The Surrender of two Sons of Tipoo Sultan (1792), c1860. After the first siege of Seringapatam at the end of the third Anglo-Mysore War, 1789-1792, two sons of the deafeated Sultan of Mysore

British troops parading on the esplanade, Calcutta, India, mid 19th century

Ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of smallpox, Negapattam, India, 1806
Ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of Smallpox at her temple at Negapattam, Southern India. A man, suspended by hooks and holding a sword and shield, is being swung through the air

Widow of a Brahmin committing suttee on her husbands funeral pyre, India, 1815. Despite attempts made from the 16th century to stop this practice

Excerpt from the Bhagavad-Gita (The Song of the Blessed), North Indian manuscript, 18th century. The Bhagavad-Gita, (The Song of the Blessed)

Brahmin funeral, India, mid 19th century. Artist: E Beau
Brahmin funeral, India, mid 19th century. Cremation on a funeral pyre. From L Inde Francaise

Festival of Fire, India, mid 19th century. Artist: Emmanuel Adolphe Midy
Festival of Fire, India, mid 19th century. Men and a woman walking on hot embers observed by Europeans. From L Inde Francaise

Megha Raga (rainy season), 19th century. Krishna dances to the playing of a young woman to call down the rain. Miniature from the Album of Ragamala

Two Jain Tirthankaras or jina (ford-makers) and their devotees, Bundi region, India, c1720. The Indian faith of Jainism arose at approximately the same time as Buddhism

Conflict between General George Custer (1839-1876) and Crazy Horse, Sioux (Dakota) Indian. Artist: Kills Two
Conflict between General George Custer (1839-1876) and Crazy Horse, North American Sioux (Dakota) Indian, c1890-c1927

Indian miniature showing Krishna and a princess on a couch, 18th century. A winged attendant waits nearby and the monkey god Hanuman sits at Krishnas feet

Double page spread from a Koran with illuminated borders, North Indian, 1838

Spanish conquistadors torturing American indians, 1539-1542. Ferdinand de Soto (c1496-1542), Spanish explorer and conquistador

Venezuelans attacking Spanish conquistadors, c16th century. Artist: Hieronyouse Koler
Venezuelans attacking Spanish conquistadors, c16th century. Europeans in a tent eating and drinking (bottom right) and sitting in a privy or wash house (top left) are taken by surprise by natives

Vishnu, one of the gods of the Hindu trinity (trimurti), 1828. Vishnu in his third avatar or manifestation as Varaha the boar. IIllustration from L Inde francaise. (Paris, 1828)

Statue of a Hindu evil genie, 1828. Illustration from L Inde Francaise. (Paris, 1828)

Mohandas Gandhi, Indian nationalist leader, 1906. Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma - Great Soul) (1869-1948) left India in 1893

Bronze figure of Shiva, Tamil Nadu, India, 950. Shiva (Siva), the third member of the Hindu Trimurti, is a god with contrasting qualities of destructive and renovating power

King Mahajanaka listening to Queen Vivali, Ajanta cave fresco, India, 1st-5th century AD. The caves at Ajanta in the state of Mararashtra in western India were discovered in 1817

Painting of a Buddhist monk from the Ajanta cave temples, India, 5th-6th century

Siege of Delhi, Indian Mutiny, September 1857. Colonel Campbells troops storming the Cashmere Gate after engineers had blown it up

Queen Victoria listening to a dispatch from the front line during the Boer War, 1899-1901. She is aided by her attendant Abdul Karim (The Munshi)

New Crowns for Old Ones!, Benjamin Disraeli offering the crown of India to Queen Victoria, 1876. Artist: John Tenniel
New Crowns for Old Ones!, Benjamin Disraeli offering the crown of India to Queen Victoria, 1876. Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India on 1 May 1876. Cartoon from Punch, London, 15 April 1876

First relief of Lucknow by General Henry Havelock, Indian Mutiny, 15 September 1857. The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in

Mutineers attacking the magazine at Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 11 May 1857 (c1900). On the orders of Lieutenant George Willoughby, who died of his wounds defending the garrison, the magazine was blown up

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian philosopher and poet, c1930-1941

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