History of the Indian Subcontinent

As told by Confucius, ‘Study the past if you would define the future.’ This page is to improve understanding among different communities.

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Engraving by Bergmüller, published in Augsburg, circa 1785. Above spelled (for use in a peep box) titled: "Madras aux Indes", titled below: Madras or Madraspatam on the map was besieged by the Hyder-Ali in 1781.

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Haider Ali and siege of Madras:

A view of Madras and the siege by Hyder-Ali, an impressive army march in front of the city, almost resembling a triumphal procession with riders and the Hyer Ali on a festive decorated Elephants.

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Battle of Pollilur on 10 September; it was the worst defeat of British troops in India to date. Hyder then renewed the siege of Arcot, which fell in November.

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Moti Masjid - Agra.

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The painting by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) depicts interactions between the British and the Indians at the height of the Raj (reign) in British India.

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publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. Despite his late debut as a shin-hanga printmaker, he successfully put himself on the map as the greatest artist of the shin-hanga style and is especially noted for his excellent landscape prints.

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Hiroshi Yoshida (Japanese, 1876-1950). Japanese shin-hanga woodblock print titled "Jami Masjid, Delhi" depicting a crowded Jami Masjid, a mosque in Old Delhi, India, 1931. The building was constructed in 1650-56 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan,

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One of the leading figures in the Japanese Shin-hanga movement, Hiroshi Yoshida was born in Fukuoka in 1876. In 1893, he moved to Kyoto and studied yoga and nihonga styles of painting and watercolors. It came only in middle age he started collaborating with the shin-hanga

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Shabih-e-khas - Sultan Amir Taimur Sahib-e-Qiran bin Amir Turaghan.
Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
Published: [India], [18--?]
Size: image 57.8 x 44.6 cm

Credit: Wellcome Library, London

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Daniell (Thomas) and William Daniell.
The Observatory at Delhi (Jantar Mantar), 1808.
#Delhi

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This was my speech at the March Against Genocide in London yesterday.

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The Maratha Sultanate

Half way between Pune and the Ajanta caves lies one of the great forgotten centres of Marathi culture.

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Here I am sharing a short video composed of a few rare images of the iconic Sunehri Masjid of Chandani Chawk–Shahjahanabad (Delhi) from my personal collection. The last few images taken during my recent trip to India in 2024. #Delhi #Mosque #Mughal #photography #Mughalarchitecture

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The Builder of Jaipur Sawai Jai Singh II received his title ‘Sawai’ - (one and a quarter); ‘ ‘extraordinary’ from Emperor Aurangzeb at the age of 11.
Such was the trust and relationship between the Mughal and Hindu rulers of India.