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Masnavi or Sihr ul Bayan [The Enchanting Story]  

Publication Date:  [early 19th century]
Creator:  Ḥasan, Mīr, active 18th century
Material:  Opaque watercolour, gold and ink on paper
Measurements:  H17.6 x W9.9 cm
Subjects:  एशिया -- भारत -- दिल्ली राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र -- दिल्ली
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift of Lt-Col. D.C.Philott

Fishing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Fishing boats
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Effegies of the deceased (Image number D.015, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)  

Publication Date:  1923
Creator:  Hobson, Geraldine
Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.
Material:  B&W photographic print 9.5x7 cm
Subjects:  Naga (South Asian people)
नागा
Naga
Konyak Naga
कोन्याक नागा
এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড
एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- मेरे जिले
Effigies
Sepulchral monuments
Charnel houses
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Players washing in the tank after the game  

Publication Date:  1976-1978
Publisher:  International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Subjects:  Games
एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
Rites and ceremonies--Hinduism
व्रत रखती है और दावतें
Laṭṭha kā melā
लठ्ठा का मेला
खेल
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Bharat Milāp being performed in Loī Bazaar  

Publication Date:  1976-1978
Publisher:  International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Subjects:  Actors
Bazaars (Markets)
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन -- लोई बाज़ार
बाज़ार
Rites and ceremonies--Hinduism
व्रत रखती है और दावतें
अभिनेता
Ramlila
राम लीला
Performance--Religious aspects
प्रदर्शन - धार्मिक पहलुओं
Rāmāyaṇa (Vālmīki)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Śrī Śukadevaji, painted in Mathura (Acquisition number 23)  

Publication Date:  1976-1978
Publisher:  International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Subjects:  Vrindaban Research Institute
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन -- वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Painting, Indic
चित्रों
Sukadeva Gosvami
शुकदेव
Śrī Śukadevaji
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Bali Ram dancing Bharatnatyam "Temple Dance" in white  

Publication Date:  [ca. 1960]
Creator:  Blaker, George, 1912-2001
Subjects:  Dance
Bali Ram, 1935-
Indian dance
नृत्य
Bharatnatyam
Bharata natyam
भरतनाट्यम्
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ - ਭਾਰਤ - ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੀ
ಏಷ್ಯಾ - ಭಾರತ - ದೆಹಲಿ
आशिया - भारत - दिल्ली
એશિયા - ભારત - દિલ્હી
एशिया - भारत - दिल्ली
Jewlry
Anklets (Ornaments)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Future of the rural world?  

Publication Date:  2016
Creator:  Bailey, F. G. (Frederick George)
Tilche, Alice
Simpson, Edward, 1971-
Jeffery, Patricia, 1947-
Mayer, Adrian C.
Neri, Daniela
Otten, Tina
Sbriccoli, Tommaso
Publisher:  SOAS, University of London ( London )
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London
Donor:  Simpson, Edward, 1971-

[Children and monks at monastery school]  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Ilford : Fine Grain FP4
Subjects:  Children
Buddhist monks
बौद्ध भिक्षु
एशिया -- नेपाल -- पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र -- धौलागिरी जोन -- मुस्तांग जिला -- छुसाङ
Asia -- Nepal -- Western Development Region -- Dhawalagiri Zone -- Mustang District -- Jhong -- Jhong9 -- Tetang Dzong
छोराछोरीलाई
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

In the studio of Kanhai Lal : a wall hung with finished works  

Publication Date:  1976-1978
Publisher:  International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Subjects:  कृष्ण
एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
Rādhā (Hindu deity)
राधा
Krishna (Hindu deity
Kanhai Chitrakar, d. 2013
Painters
चित्रकारों
Indian painters
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Illustration from an Orissan palm leaf manuscript of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa (Acquisition number 7883)  

Publication Date:  1976-1978
Publisher:  International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Subjects:  Manuscripts
पांडुलिपि
Vrindaban Research Institute
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन -- वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Illustrated works
इलस्ट्रेटेड काम करता है
Puranas. Bhāgavatapurāṇa
भागवत पुराण
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Garlands (śeharās) are placed on the heads of two boys  

Publication Date:  1976-1978
Publisher:  International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Subjects:  एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
Saṃskāras
हिन्दू संस्कार
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Sāṃjhī at Bhaṭṭaji's temple (Rādhāvallabh Gheṛā) depicting scenes from the Bhagavatapurāna  

Publication Date:  1976-1978
Publisher:  International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Subjects:  Temples
Hindu temples
Mandirs
मंदिर
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
Rites and ceremonies--Hinduism
व्रत रखती है और दावतें
Jhanji
Tesu
झांजी
टेसू
एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन -- भट्टजी का मंदिर
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kṛṣṇa and Kāliya, Orissan school, 19th Century (Acquisition Number 140, front)  

Publication Date:  1976-1978
Publisher:  International Association of the Vrindaban Research Institute
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Subjects:  Krishna (Hindu deity)
कृष्ण
Manuscripts
पांडुलिपि
Vrindaban Research Institute
ایشیا -- بھارت -- اتر پردیش -- متھرا ضلع -- ورنداون
एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तर प्रदेश -- मथुरा ज़िला -- वृंदावन -- वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
वृन्दावन शोध संस्थान
Serpents--Mythology
नागों - पौराणिक कथाओं
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Boys pulling a log (Image number M.007, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)  

Publication Date:  1919
Creator:  Hobson, Geraldine
Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.
Material:  B&W photographic print 9.5x7 cm
Subjects:  Lumber
Dormitories
এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড
Morung
एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- फेक जिला
Logs
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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