Himachal Pradesh Collection (page 4)

Rama and Lakshmana as Boys Assist the Sage Vishvamitra... ca. 1780. Creator: Workshop
Rama and Lakshmana as Boys Assist the Sage Vishvamitra: Folio from a dispersed Ramayana series, ca. 1780. Vishvamitra asks King Dasaratha if his sons Rama

Hanuman Revives Rama and Lakshmana with Medicinal Herbs... Ramayana series, ca. 1790
Hanuman Revives Rama and Lakshmana with Medicinal Herbs: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series, ca. 1790

Sanveri Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes), ca. 1700-1710

A Lady Gazing at Doves, ca. 1780-1800. Creator: Unknown
A Lady Gazing at Doves, ca. 1780-1800

The Creation of Durga: Page from a Dispersed Markandeya Purana... ca. 1810-20. Creator: Unknown
The Creation of Durga: Page from a Dispersed Markandeya Purana: (Stories of the Sage Markandeya), ca. 1810-20. Durga was created by the gods to vanquish the demon Mahish

Fire Engine Shimla Himachal Pradesh, India. Creator: Unknown
Fire Engine Shimla Himachal Pradesh, India

Dharamshala street scene Himachal Pradesh. Creator: Unknown
Dharamshala street scene Himachal Pradesh

Cars re-fuelling at petrol station Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh. Creator: Unknown
Cars re-fuelling at petrol station Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh

Motorcycle on road near Dhauladar Mountains Himachal Pradesh. Creator: Unknown
Motorcycle on road near Dhauladar Mountains Himachal Pradesh

Bus in petrol station at Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh. Creator: Unknown
Bus in petrol station at Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh

Fruit stall in Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh India 2017. Creator: Unknown
Fruit stall in Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh India 2017

Hyundai, Indian taxi rank at Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh. Creator: Unknown
Hyundai, Indian taxi rank at Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh

Worship of stone image of Shiva and Parvati within a lingam, c. 1710. Creator: Unknown
Worship of stone image of Shiva and Parvati within a lingam, c. 1710

Toilette of Radha, c. 1810-1820. Creator: Unknown
Toilette of Radha, c. 1810-1820. Krishna spies on his beloved Radha as she dresses for the day. An attendant holds a mirror for her, while others hold a sheet and a whisk of peacock feathers

Vishnu Battles Madhu and Kaitabha, from a Markandeya Purana, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown
Vishnu Battles Madhu and Kaitabha, from a Markandeya Purana, c. 1760. This scene from a Hindu text is set during the moments before the creation of the world

Vishnu and Lakshmi Seated on a Lotus Blossom, early 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Vishnu and Lakshmi Seated on a Lotus Blossom, early 1800s. Shown with full face forward in all white, Vishnu, the four-armed deity, appears to be a statue, crowned and holding only a manuscript

The Lovelorn Heroine, from a Sat Sai of Bihari, 1780-90. Creator: Unknown
The Lovelorn Heroine, from a Sat Sai of Bihari, 1780-90. The Sat Sai is a collection of poems mainly describing the beauty of women in a range of emotional states

The Morning Toilette, 1810-25. Creator: Unknown
The Morning Toilette, 1810-25. The woman featured in the center embodies the poetic ideal of a female beauty, called a nayika, which translates as " heroine

Taking of the Toll, Dana-lila, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown
Taking of the Toll, Dana-lila, c. 1760. The god Krishna has stopped the cowherd women on their way to bring milk and yogurt to the Brahmin priests

Pradyumna and Mayavati Fly to Dvaraka, from the Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana, c. 1760-1765. A goddess who can fly, Mayavati brings her lover Pradyumna to be reunited with his parents for the first

Shiva Under Trees, c. 1780. Creator: Unknown
Shiva Under Trees, c. 1780. Cut from a larger composition, this fragment shows the god Shiva who has come down to earth. He seems alluringly approachable despite his white body

Seated Lady Smoking a Hookah, c. 1780. Creator: Unknown
Seated Lady Smoking a Hookah, c. 1780

Shiva seated on a Throne in a landscape, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown
Shiva seated on a Throne in a landscape, c. 1760

Sagittarius, c. 1810. Creator: Sanju (Indian)
Sagittarius, c. 1810

Radhas Hair Being Dressed, c. 1790-1800. Creator: Unknown
Radhas Hair Being Dressed, c. 1790-1800. This drawing is probably a study for a finished painting rather than an underdrawing that was meant to be painted over

Ravanas sister complains that her nose was cut off by Lakshmana as the demons prepare to depart to capture Sita, from the " Shangri" Ramayana, 1690-1710

Raja Shamsher Sen with a Youth, 1760-70. Creator: Unknown
Raja Shamsher Sen with a Youth, 1760-70. In 1727 Shamsher Sen inherited the kingdom of Mandi in the western Himalayan foothills

Raja Dalip Singh of Guler on a Dais, c. 1720. Creator: Unknown
Raja Dalip Singh of Guler on a Dais, c. 1720. Dalip Singh sits on a carpeted marble platform probably meant for meditation or relaxation, intently reading a page from a manuscript

Raja Hari Sen of Mandi (r. 1604-1623-37), c. 1650. Creator: Unknown
Raja Hari Sen of Mandi (r. 1604-1623-37), c. 1650

Ramas Brothers Bharata and Shatrughna set out from Ayodhya to find Rama and Lakshmana in the forest to inform them of the death of their father Dasharatha, 1775-80

Raja Chattar Singh smoking, c. 1680. Creator: Unknown
Raja Chattar Singh smoking, c. 1680

Rumal Decorated with Scenes of Krishnas Life, 1700s. Creator: Unknown
Rumal Decorated with Scenes of Krishnas Life, 1700s

Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (reigned 1661-85) Smoking, about 1680. Creator: Unknown
Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (reigned 1661-85) Smoking, about 1680. An early example of portraiture in the western Himalayan court, this painting shows a regional king

Portrait of an Aging Man, c. 1700. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of an Aging Man, c. 1700. This sensitive portrait survives as a fragment, part of a study for a larger painting. This mans Mughal tunic, with a katar dagger tucked into the sash

Fertility worship of Krishna, c. 1720-25. Creator: Unknown
Fertility worship of Krishna, c. 1720-25

Hindu God Krishna Being Dressed in Womens Clothes for Spring Festival Holi, c. 1790. The festival of Holi, which celebrates the arrival of spring

Hindola Raga, c. 1790-1800. Creator: Unknown
Hindola Raga, c. 1790-1800. The word hindola means swing in Sanskrit, and the term raga indicates that this painting is from a set in which each work depicts a scene intended to evoke a particular

A noble, probably Raja Gaur Sen, receives another noble, c. 1700-20. Creator: Unknown
A noble, probably Raja Gaur Sen, receives another noble, c. 1700-20

The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover (Utka Nayika), c. 1800. Creator: Unknown
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover (Utka Nayika), c. 1800. Inspired by devotional poetry that likens the waiting for divine favor to that of a woman alone in the forest waiting for

A Lady with Attendant and a Pair of Deer, probably Gujari Ragini of Dipak, from a Pahari Ragamala, 1710-20. Half of the heroines body is directed toward her handmaiden playing a stringed instrument

A lady at her toilette listens to music by the side of a palace water cascade, c. 1780

Krishnas Longing for Radha, from the Gita Govinda of Jayadeva, c. 1820-1825. Creator: Unknown
Krishnas Longing for Radha, from the Gita Govinda of Jayadeva, c. 1820-1825. In the lush forests on the banks of Indias Yamuna River

Augury of the Crow (Vasakasajja Nayika), c. 1800. Creator: Unknown
Augury of the Crow (Vasakasajja Nayika), c. 1800. The heroine in the doorway is waiting for her husband to return, but he is delayed, and ominous monsoon clouds gather in the distance

Cremation of the Demoness Putana, from a Krishna-Lila, c. 1790. Creator: Unknown
Cremation of the Demoness Putana, from a Krishna-Lila, c. 1790. In the foreground the grotesque oversized corpse of Putana is being cut up with much difficulty by the men of Vraj

Descent of the Ganges, c. 1700-10. Creator: Unknown
Descent of the Ganges, c. 1700-10. At upper left, Shiva sits with his wife Parvati on Mount Kailash in the Himalayas. She offers him a cup of wine, but Shiva is focused on the sage below

Simla, India, c1909. Creator: George Rose
Simla, India, c1909....the city built on the steep slopes of the Lower Himalayas. A view of the native part of the city. Street scene with timber buildings in the hill station of Simla (Shimla)

The Retreat, Mushobra, General Robertss Home on the Hills Near Simla, 1850s, (1901)
" The Retreat", Mushobra, General Robertss Home on the Hills Near Simla, 1850s, (1901). View of the village of Mashobra in Himachal Pradesh

Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) old male walking on a cliff ledge in Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India, February

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