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Indian Architecture - 5000 Years
Detailed discussion of styles and schools of Indian architecture over the last five thousand years.

Mohenjodaro
The remnants of city of Mohenjodaro are a great source of archeological resource for uncovering details of the lost Indus Valley civilization.

Windows or Linux?
Tips on how to choose a web hosting platform; compares Unix based plans with Windows based plans.

A Day with Gandhi
Never before seen photographs of Gandhi in his hermitage by V.N. O'key; includes a commentary identifying various individuals close to Gandhi.

Indian Cinema
Reviews, research, biographies, and other miscellaneous topics on India's large movie industry; includes rare stills.

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Hero-Stone Depicting Fierce Battle
Three panel hero-stone from Uttara Kannada. Notice the fallen hero in the middle panel, and how carrying of the wife in a palanquin.		 A Three Paneled Sati Stone
Women Carrying Palanquin
Women Carrying Palanquin
Sculpture from Uttara Kannada District

A street in Downtown Bangalore
Bangalore is the capital of the state of Karnataka. Picture dated Dec. 1991.		 Bangalore Street
Street side Cobbler
Hand to Mouth Living
Picture shows a cobbler selling two pairs of footwear on a street. Earlier in the day, he had bought raw materials for them and had hand-stitched them.

Punishment for Destroying Educational Institutions
A Jaina inscription in Sravanabelagola warns the vandals of the punishment that awaits them (mating with a donkey) for destroying the historical inscriptions.		 Warning to Vandals!
Painted Palanquin with Doors
Painted wooden palanquin, Goan Museum
Paratgali Muth Collection

Panchatantra on Postage
Detail from an Indian Postal Stamp 		The Monkey and the Crocodile
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Sikh King Ranjit Singh
Detail from an Indian Postal Stamp

Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
Detail from a Indian postal stamp 		Indian Math Genius Ramanujan
Painting on Ganjeefa Card
Laxman meets Vali's wife Tara
Mythological Painting on Ganjifa Card

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