Indias History and Culture

First Online: January 02, 2005
Page Last Updated: August 12, 2025

• The Story of Krishna Parijat
• 19th Century India
• 20th Century India
• 5000 Years of Indian Architecture
• An Abandoned Outpost
• Abandoned Temple, Perhaps Period of Ikkeri Nayakas
• Acharya Kripalani Leading an Agitation for Freedom
• Acharya Narendra Dev (1889-1956)
• Actress Madhubala
• Actress Pandharibai
• Adivasi Dancer Stops for a Smoke
• Adivasi Habitat, Madhya Pradesh
• The Adivasis
• Advancing Military Regiment
• After Bath
• Amrita Pritam (1919 -2005)
• Amrita Shergil (1913-1941)
• Amriteshwara Temple Complex
• Ancient Means and Ways
• Animal Motif
• Animal Motifs
• Animal Motifs in Cave Art
• Animal Motifs in Rock Shelter
• Animal Motifs in Indian Art
• Animal Motifs in Prehistoric Art
• Animals as Divine Vehicles
• Animals on the Carved Arch of Sanchi
• Anjumane Islam Hall
• Another Martyr
• An Apsara in Water
• Architecture of Medieval India
• Architectural Design on Palm Leaf
• Archives of Kanara Education Society
• Archives of New English School
• Movie Review: Ardh Satya
• Army Officer General Shankaradasu
• Art on a Conch Shell
• Art Teacher R.P. Shanbhag
• Artist William Hodges
• Ashok Kumar and Meena Kumari in Pakeezah
• Asoka Mehta Leads Pardi Kisan Struggle
• At the Lhasa Bazar
• Attack on Satara Police Station
• Autograph of P.B. Desai
• Autograph of Verrier Elwin
• Autograph of Syed Wazir
• Autograph of Morarji Desai
• Autograph of Cricketer Vinoo Mankad
• Autograph of Vallabhbhai Patel
• Autograph of C.K. Nayudu
• Autograph of C.V. Raman
• Autograph of C. Rajagopalachari
• Autograph of JRD Tata
• Autograph of Jawaharlal Nehru
• Autograph of Jiddu Krishnamurti
• Autograph of Sarojini Naidu
• Autograph of Syed Wazir Ali
• Baba Nand Singh
• Barber and a Client
• Indian Handicrafts: Basketry
• Bastar Tribals, 1962-63
• Beautiful Indian Actresses
• The Begum of Bhopal
• Bhavanrao, Raja of Aundh
• Bhimkali Temple
• Bidri Artwork, Bidar District
• Bilhana and Champavati
• Bird
• Birds as Drawn by Early Humans
• Birds from a Moghul Miniature Painting
• Birds from Prehistoric Art
• Birds in Mogul Painting
• "Birds of same feather flock together"
• Boat Heroes - Memorials Erected for Brave Seamen
• Bodyguards of Dalai Lama
• Indian Handicrafts: Bone, Shell and Horn Crafts
• Brihadishwara Temple of 10th Century
• The British Raj
• Buddha and Mara
• C.K. Nayudu (1895-1967)
• C.V. Raman
• Call of a Comrade
• The Campus of the Indian Institute of Science
• The Carpets of India
• Carved Pillar of a Lingayat Temple
• Carved Wooden Pillar
• Carving at the footstep of Gomateshwara
• A Catalog of Birds of India
• Cattle Egret (Babucus ibis)
• A Celestial Bird Pays Music
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534)
• Chaitya Slab of Amaravai Stupa
• Charles Correa
• Chembai Vaidyanatha (1894-1974)
• Children of Karavali
• City Palace, Udaipur
• Cold Morning
• Commandos of the Azad Gomantak Dal
• Communal Frenzy on the Eve of Partition
• Composer Purandaradasa (15/16th Century)
• Comrade Chitale
• Congress Socialist Party is Born (1934)
• Contents of Kamat Research Database
• Copper-plates of Goa
• A Corner in Delhi
• Indian Handicrafts: Costume Jewelry
• Couple Weaving Baskets
• Cover of Maharaja's Album
• Cradle Ceremony for Krishna
• Crows Gathered at a Bathing Ghat
• The Cuttub Minar in the Ruins of Ancient Delhi
• D.M. Soukur
• Dada Rane and his Soldiers
• Dada Rane and his Associates
• Dancer at the Narayanpur Mela
• Dancing Ganapati
• Database of Autographs
• Daughter of the Forest God
• Death of a Dreamer
• Decorated Tribal Boy
• Decorated Krishna
• Deer from a Mogul miniature painting
• Defeat of the Portuguese Army
• Democratic Socialism in India
• Depcition of a Tiger in Kavi Art
• Depiction of Pets
• Depiction of a Battle
• Detail from a Painted Wooden Panel
• Detail from a Hero-stone
• Detail from a Fresco of Ajanta
• Details from a Hero-stone
• Devotees of Shiva Lost in Worship
• Devotion - Painting by M.V. Seetaramaiah
• The Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath
• Dipaji Rane
• Drainage System at Mojenjo-daro
• Durry Art
• Dwarakanath Swamiji
• Dying Vali on Tara's Lap
• Earl Attlee 1883 - 1967)
• Early Socialist Activity in India
• Eastern Gate of the Jumma Musjed at Delhi
• Educator L.S. Kamat
• Educator Rangarao Kasarkod
• Eight Handed Lord Shiva
• An Ekka, or One-horsed Road Cart
• The Elegance of an Indian Ruler
• The Elephant in Must; On the Right is Shown the Tamed Elephant
• Elephant and Riders
• Elephant belonging to the Maharaja of Jaipur
• Elephant in a Design Theme
• Elephant Rider and Coterie
• Embroidered Elephants
• Eminent Men of Mysore State
• Engels and Marx
• Enjoying Music While Smoking
• Erotic Sculptures on the Chandela Temples
• Example of Jain Fine Art
• An Excavated Temple on the Island of Salsette
• The Faker's Rock at Janguira near Sultangunj
• A Family of Old Mysore
• Fantastic Mythical Animal
• Feather Decorations of a Tribal Dancer
• Feeding Birds
• A Female Dancer Belongnging to Muria Tribe
• Female Students at the Institute
• Festivities at Mysore Palace
• Fighting Rams
• Film Maker Satyajit Ray
• Five Men of Korku Tribe
• Flowers & Feathers Worn by a Muria Adivasi
• Flying Apsara Playing Cymbals
• Folk Artist of Karnataka
• Folk Artists at Mysore
• Folk Artists at a Cultural Meet
• Folk Artist at a Cultural Fair
• Folk Paintings of India
• Formation of Hind Mazdoor Sabha, 1948
• Fortune Teller Koravanji
• Founding Members of Congress Socialist Party
• Friendship of Snake and a Monkey
• From the Archives of Indian Institute of Science
• Gandabherunda -- The Two Headed Eagle
• The Gateway of India
• Ghareva Art, Madhya Pradesh
• Photographer M.Y. Ghorpade
• Gifts to Dalai Lama
• Giraffe or Camel ?
• Girls Call on a Love Smitten Friend to Play
• Girls in Indian Drapes
• Goa's Freedom Struggle
• Goddess Bhadrakali, Gokarn
• Goddess Mahamaya
• Goddess Mahamaya of Ankola
• A Goddess of Sex Ritual
• Goden Temple, Amritsar
• Gonda Youngster
• A Gondati's Tattoo
• Gopika Vastrapaharana (The Stealing of Clothes)
• Gossiping Women
• A Goud Saraswat Family of Kotekeri, Mulki
• The Graduating Class of 1953
• Grass Inside a Deer
• Great Temples of North India
• Grey Heron (Ardea cerea)
• Grocer and his Family
• Group of Famous Brahmin Pundits
• Group of Famous Brahmin Pundits, circa 1900
• Gurajada Appa Rao (1862-1915)
• Half Native, Half Western
• Hamsalekha Music Director
• Handicrafts of India: Ivory Crafts
• Handicrafts from Sondur
• Hand-printed Fabric Designs
• Hand-writing of G.P. Rajaratnam
• Handwriting of Mirji Annayara
• Handwriting of Da.Raa. Bendre
• Hari-Katha Expert Surpur Sheshadasaru
• Harischandra in Distress
• Harold Laski and G.D.H. Cole
• Harvest dance of Halakkis
• Herd Hunting Scene
• Herd of Yaks, Tibet
• Hero and Sati
• Hero with a Gun
• Heroes who die heroic death are sometimes immortalized as Garuda
• A Hero-stone depicting a battle
• Herostone from Maragallu
• Hero-stone Memorials of India
• Hero-stones are llustrated Sources of History
• Himalayan Laborers
• Himalayan Tourists
• Himalayan Peaks
• ''Hindoo Ladies''
• A Hindu Barber and his Hindu Customer
• A Hindu king and his subjects.
• Hindu Shrine at Himalayas
• Hirve Guruji
• Hirve Guruji - A Martyr for Goa
• History of Indian Architecture
• Hockey Player Dhyan Chand
• Homeward Bound
• Homi Jahangir Bhabha
• Horse dancer in procession, Mysore, 1985
• Horse Mounted Warrior
• Horse Trainers (?)
• Horse-mounted Saviyabbe Avenging her Husband's Death
• Horses Trained for Battle
• Horse-shoe Maker
• Huge Drums Donated by Tippu Sultan
• Hunting in Tandem
• Hunting of a Deer
• Icon of Garuda
• Idol of Goddess Banashankari
• Important Temples of North India
• India's Prominent Photographers
• India During the 16th Century
• India During the 14th Century
• India During 10th Century
• Indian Architecture of Golden Age
• Indian Diaspora
• Indian Handicrafts
• The Indian Institute of Science
• Indian Landscapes
• Indian Movies are as Spicy as Indian Food
• Indian Servants Attending to a British Officer
• Indian Temple History and Records
• India's Foremost Facility for Scientific Research
• Indo-Saracenic Architecture
• Inside Forbidden Tibet, 1949
• Inside Sera Temple
• Inside Tibet, 1949
• Institute of Science
• Interior of the Gwalior Palace
• Introduction to Handicrafts of India
• Isometric Projections of the Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro
• J. Krishnamurti
• Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola
• Jaina Nishidhi Stone
• Jamini Roy (1887-1972)
• Jamsetji Tata
• Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979)
• Jewel Studded Tibetan Icon
• Photographer John McCosh
• Photographer John Murray
• Journey to Tibet
• Kadamba Style Temple Architecture
• Karavali art
• Karavali life
• Karavali Picture Album
• Karavali Scenes
• Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
• "Kim," the Chela and the Old Lama
• King Climbing his Throne of Power
• Kolaramma Temple Plaque
• A Konkani man who opted for the (British) government service
• Krisha Playing Flute under at ree
• Krishna Leela (Antics of Lord Krishna)
• Krishna Preaches Arjuna
• Krishna with Flute
• Krishna-Parijata Watercolor Pictures
• Krishna-Radha, North Indian Painting
• Lady Feeds a Peacock
• Lady in her Vanity
• Lady Students of Presidency College Madras, 1913
• Lady with a Child and a Dog
• Movie Review: Lagaan
• Lakshminath Bezbarua (1868-1938)
• Photographer Lala Deen Dayal
• Landscape by Suren De, 1968
• Laxmi Panditara Maga Suri Panditaru
• A letter by Jamsetji Tata to Swami Vivekananda in 1898 on the inspiration and vision for the institute.
• Letterings Below a Hoysala Sculpture
• Lions in Hoysala Period Art
• Long Tailed Elephant
• Lord Buddha in a Orissan Pata Painting
• Lord Ishwara Perfoming His Dance
• Lord Krishna Rejoicing in the Company of Girls
• Lord Krishna and His Women
• Lord Shiva with his Trishul (Trident)
• Lord Shiva and His Consort Parvati
• Lord Shiva Performing His Cosmic Dance
• Lord Shiva Performing His Cosmic Dance of Destruction
• Lord Venkataramana Swamy
• Lotus Mahal of Hampi
• Louis Mountbatten
• The Maharaja of Jaipur
• Maharaja Durga Das
• Maharaja of Travancore
• Maharani Anita Delgado of Kapurthala
• Mahasati Stone
• The Main Building of Tata Institute
• A Man belonging to Native Maratha (kad-maratha) Community
• A Man Remembered
• March of Satyagrahis in Goa
• Mascular Tribal Youngster
• Masoleum of Nawaub Asoph Khan at Raje Mahel
• Masoleum of Sultan Purveiz near Allahabad
• Masscare at Banda Border
• Medicinal Plants of India
• Members of a Hindu Joint Family
• A Memorial for a Family Member
• Indian Handicrafts: Metallic Crafts
• Metallic Icon of Devi
• Miss Blue Neck
• Modern Indian Architecture
• Monk Relays Prayers
• Monkey with a Jackfruit
• Mother and Child
• Movie Review: Mother India
• Mother Teresa
• Munshi Premchand (1880-1936)
• The Mushrooming Culture
• Musicologist Sangeetajiyaru
• Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar Donated 372 Acres of Land to Start the Campus
• Narasimha (Half-man, Half-lion) in a Yogic Stance
• Narayan Guru (1856 - 1928)
• Nasik Central Jail -- Birthplace of Indian Socialism
• Natha Sampradayada Bhairagi
• The Nauch Girl
• Nautch Dancers
• Nephews of a Muslim King
• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Night Heron (Nycrticorax nycticorax)
• Nishidhi Stone of Machikabbe
• Nobel Laureate C.V. Raman Served as a Director in 1934
• Nude Rawana
• Officer and Nauch Girl
• An Old Photograph of India
• Old Photographs of India
• Ornithologist Salim Ali (1896- 1987)
• Other Handicrafts of India
• P.C. Ray (1861- 1944)
• P.T. Usha
• Padre Being Carried
• Painter Channakrishna
• A Painting by Mukta Venkatesh
• Painting by M.F. Husain
• Painting by G.S. Shenoy
• Paintings of India
• Pair of Iguanas
• A Pair of Parrots
• Palace of Roshan-ud-Daulah, Lucknow
• The Palanquins
• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
• Pandita Ramabai
• Parsi Lady in Regulation Dress
• Peacock Motif
• Peacocks from a Mogul Miniature Painting
• Pen and Ink Portraits by O'key
• Pen and ink Portraits European Marxist Leaders
• People of Goa in a Satyagraha for Freedom
• Photographs of Vishwa Kannada Sammelan
• Photographer Sawai Ram Singh II
• Photographer Samuel Bourne
• Picture of Girl Ready for Marriage
• Picture of a Kudubi Tribal Woman
• Pictures of Goa's History and Freedom Struggle
• Pictures of Handicrafts of India
• Playback Singer Kishore Kumar
• Playback Singer Mohammed Rafi
• Playback Singer Hemant Kumar Mukherji (1920-1989)
• Poet Narmad (1833-1941)
• Pontiff of a Konkani Sect
• Hindi Cinema Songs : Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh
• Portrait of Lalgudi Ramayyar
• Portrait of Appu Jatti the Wrestler
• Portrait of Painter Lakshmaiah
• Portrait of Veene Venkatasubbayya
• Portrait of Mangapattyya the Musician
• Portrait of Veene Annayya
• Portrait of A.V. Baliga
• Portrait of Daffedar Venkataramayya
• Portrait of Laxmi Pandit
• Portrait of Kumundaney Narayan Singh
• Portrait of Subedar Puransingh
• Portrait of Sarvegar Gollara Achaya, the Surveyor
• Portrait of Colonel William Douglas Brodie Ketchen
• Portrait of Laxana-shastrada Bangi Virumbhappa
• Portrait of Chunnchanagiri Jogi
• Portrait of Mullotina Kempayya
• Portrait of a Chess Champion, Mysore
• Eminent Citizens of Mysore
• Portuguese Soldiers Surrendering to Indian Army
• Portuguese Prisoners of War
• Porus Mehta
• Poster of "Hind Kisan Panchayat", 1949
• Poster of M.G.R.
• A Poster of Congress Socialist Party
• Posterior of a Tribal Dancer
• Indian Handicrafts: Potteries
• Pregnancy and Wonders of Life
• Prehistoric Plough (?)
• Prehistoric Cow
• Prehistoric Theater
• Prehistoric Social Networks
• Prehistoric Hunting Scene
• Prehistoric People
• Prehistoric Theater
• Prehistoric Carts
• Prehistoric Paintings of Deer
• Prehistoric Animal Motifs
• Prehistoric Art Expressions
• Primitive Tools of Trapping Field Rats
• Prince Edward Albert Shoots a Tiger
• Prince Indrajitendra and Pricess Kamala
• The Princely States
• Princess Amrit Kaur (1889-1964)
• R.N. Kamat (1912-1989)
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Photographer Raghu Rai
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991)
• Ramana Maharshi
• Ramaswami Naicker ( 1879 -1973)
• Ramayana Scenes from Khetapai Temple
• Rati and Kama Seduce Each Other
• Reclining Woman on a Luxurious Sofa
• A Reminder that Goa is Not Yet Free
• Research Abstracts on India's Movie Industry
• Reviews of Indian Movies
• Rhythm and Light
• Rider and Armed Archer
• Rider on a Decorated Horse
• River Tern (Sterna aurantia)
• Roman Glazed Tiles with Bull Emblem in Hindu a Temple, Goa
• Roseringed Parakeet
• Roseringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
• A Royal Family of India
• Ruins of Harappa
• Rukminidevi Arundale (1906-1986)
• Ruler of Mysore
• Running away with Loot
• The S.S.C Class of 1952
• Sane Guruji
• Sanjay Gandhi (1946-1980)
• Santali Tribal Woman and her Three Children
• Santhal Tribal Habitat, Bengal
• Sarangdhar Das
• Saraswat Couple, from an Old Photograph
• Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
• Satyabhama and Rukmini
• Satyagraha of 18th June 1946, Goa
• Satyajit Ray and the Honorary Oscar
• Savinirmadi - a Medieval Woman Scholar
• Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur and Gayatri Devi
• Sayyad Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University
• Scenes of Bombay
• A School in Ancient India
• Sculpted Hero-stone
• Sculptures of Cheluvanarayana Temple
• Shankar Kurup
• Photographer Umrao Singh Sher-Gil
• Shri Marikamba Temple
• Sign Says "Since 1930 We have Stopped Butchering Bufalo"
• Signed Photo of Begum Akhtar on Harmonium
• "Simon, Go Back!!"
• The Six Faced Deity Riding a Peacock
• Small Capital, Small Profits
• Smiling Gandhi
• Social Drinking among Tribals of India
• Socialist Leader R.M. Lohia (1910-1967)
• A Socialist Poster of 1950s, Sikkim
• Socialist Propaganda Posters
• A Socialist Poster from India
• Socialists' Unite to Provide Alternative to Congress
• South Indian Potter
• Spotted Deer in Patna Zoo
• Sri Aurobindo
• Sri Marikamba Devi, Sirsi
• Srinivas Ramanujan
• Stalin's Treachery of Indian Socialists
• Stamp of Sri Lanka Remembering Vivekananda's Trip
• Statue of Shivaji Riding a Horse
• Statue of Jamsetji Tata
• Statue of a Lord Kitchener
• Indian Handicrafts: Stone Crafts
• Stories the Hero-stones Tell
• Street Corner, Jeypore
• A Street in Bangalore, 19th Century
• Students in Computer Lab.
• Subramanya Bharati (1882-1921)
• "Sugar Rush"
• Surrender of Portuguese Goa
• Swami Dayanand Saraswati
• Swami Vivekananda
• Swami Vivekananda -- Hindu teacher and philosopher
• Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna Mission
• Swami Vivekananda's Speech at Chicago
• Sword Expert Laxmannayya
• Tagore and Gandhi
• Talking Puppet
• Teacher N.D. Nayak
• Teacher P.R. Naik
• Teacher S.G. Kasarkod
• Teacher S.H. Pai
• The Temple at Bodh Gaya
• Temple at Bodh Gaya
• Temples of Khajuraho
• Temples of Orissa
• Temples of Bodh Gaya and Banares
• Temples of Gujarat
• Temples of Kashmir
• Temples of the Deccan
• Temples of Brindavan
• Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986)
• Indian Handicrafts: Textiles
• Thakkar Bappa (1869-1951)
• Tibetan People
• Tibetan settlement in Mundgod
• A Tiger Attacks a Boar
• Tiger or Cat
• Tiruppavai Illustrations
• Tiruppavai Illustration Showing Marriage of Krishna and Andal
• A Toda Tribal Leader
• Top Strata of a Hero-stone from Sangeetapura
• Topics on Indian Cinema
• Topiwale Brothers
• Indian Handicrafts: Toys and Dolls of India
• Treatment of Patients
• A Triangular Hero-stone
• Tribal Community at Bastar
• Tribal Deities
• A tribal hut constructed without bricks, steel or mortar
• Tribal Women, Bastar
• Tribal Women with Produce to be Sold on the Market-day
• Tribal Woman with Piercings
• Tribal Woman of Gramokkal Community in Traditional Saree
• Tribal Women, Central India
• Tribal Women Dancers
• Tribal Women on Errands
• Tribal Women at Work
• Tribal Youth with an Axe
• Tribal Youngster with Horn Decorartions
• Two Adivasi Girls in town of Narayanpur
• Two Headed Bird Ganda-berunda
• ''Two is a Company''
• Types of Indian Paintings
• A Typical Temple on Konkan Coast
• Umabai Kundapur (far left) with Anand Rao (father-in-law) and husband Sanjiv Rao (right)
• The University of Nalanda
• Use of Elephant in Sculptural Design
• Ustad Allauddin Khan
• Ustad Hanuma Jatti, Boxer
• Ustad Venka Jatti the Boxer
• Movie Review: Utsav
• The V.N. O'key Collection
• Vallabhbhai Patel
• Veena Artist Ananthasubbayya
• Veene Sambayya
• A Very Old Photograph
• Viceroy Curzon
• A View of a Mosque at Chunar Gur
• A View of the Fort of Gwalior from the North West
• A View of the Ravines at Etawa
• A View of the Fort of Jionpoor upon the banks of the river Goomty
• A View of the Pagodas at Deogur
• A view of the Mosque, at Mounheer from the South East
• Villagers at Jagadalpur Dasara
• Villagers Keeping Warm in the Forest
• Vinoba Bhave (1895 -1982)
• Violence During 18th June 1946 Protest
• Vishnu as Trivikram Spanning the Earth and the Sky
• Vishnu Floating on a Fig Leaf
• Vyjayanthimala Bali
• Waiting for the Man of the Household
• Warren Hastings
• Welcome to a Hero
• A Well at Mohenjo-daro
• Westling in a Moghul Court
• White Tiger
• Wife and Husband at Domestic Affairs
• Woman Getting a Lover's Portrait Painted
• Woman in her Vanity
• A Woman Writing Letter
• Woman Writing a Letter
• Women of Karavali
• Women Riding Horses
• Indian Handicrafts: Wooden Crafts
• A Wooden Memorial of Madhya Pradesh
• Wooden Pillar Carvings
• Wrestler Tukadidar Rama Jatti
• Wrestling Contest and Spectators
• The Wrinkles
• Young and Innocent
• A young girl with her lots of jewelry
• Young Ruler and his Guardian
• A Youngster Belonging to Muria Tribe
• Yusuf Meherally (1903-1950)
• Pictures of Zeenat Aman

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