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Timeline of Indian Art
List of important art movements in Indian history with links to articles and pictures.

Helping Hands
An introduction to the problem of child labor in India by Jyotsna Kamat, Discusses common jobs, mistreatment, and causes of child-labor.

Indian Philately
The stamps of India truly represent India's vast cultural and geographic diversity. Common and rare stamps from a private collection.

Pictorial Tour of India
Colorful and stunning images of India culled from Corel Professional Photos, elaborately indexed and cross-referenced.

Corbis Collection
Gallery of rare and historic pictures donated by Corbis - Bettmann.

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House of Pictures
Photographs and Paintings


Mud Wasp in Nest
Kodachadri forest, Shimoga District
Wasps
Ahalya Vimochana Mural
Lord Rama Liberates Ahalya
Detail from a Mural in Karnataka

The Henna Tattoo on the Palms of a Bride
Bridal Mehendi
Portrait of a Jogappa
Painted Face of a Devotee
Pictures of the mysterious Yellamma cult

Offerings Made to the Snake Deity
Picture shows religious offerings made to the sculptures of snakes.
The Naga Worship
Tribal Tattoo
Tattoo of a Tribal Woman
Illustration by Artist Jha at the Tribal Museum, Chindwada

Fashionable Daughter of the Jungle
Notice the tattoos, pierced jewelry, and other decorations of this tribal woman photographed in the forests of Central India, 1977
Tribal Fashion
Iyengari Markings
Sacred Body Art
Notice the various colors and marks (known as the Namas) on the body of this brahmin priest

Idol of Ten Headed Rawana
Rawana, the king of Sri Lanka
The King of Sri Lanka
The Death of Jatayu by Ravi Varma
Jatayu, a bird devotee of Lord Rama is mauled by Rawana
Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery Collection, Mysore

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