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Pithoragarh, Kumaon, Uttrakhand.
Bordering Nepal on the East and Tibet on the north, the Kumaoni Rajputs and the 'Pahadi' people of Uttrakhand traditionally had a strong enlistment in the Army, particularly in the Kumaon Regiment. You can find a veteran almost in every household.

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A Khosa, Baloch frontier tribe..
Sunni Muslim from Sindh.

Date Issued
1868 - 1875

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AI visualization of Buddhist Indo-Greek King Menander I at his palace...

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Woman Riding Two Bulls, 2000-1750 B. C. (bronze)
Indus Valley/Harappan Civilisation

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Procession of the Taziya by #Maratha Muslims(Shia)

Source - Thomas Duer Broughton, Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809, Descriptive of the Character, Manners, Domestic Habits, and Religious Ceremonies of the Mahrattas

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Barabar Hill Caves…Built under the patronage of the Mauryan Emperors.
Dated - 250 BC
Home of the Ājīvika ascetics...a sect of ancient Indian atheists!

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Sir Drigbijai Singh, Maharajah of Balrampur, 1858.

The Maharajah was one of the Indian princes to remain loyal to the British East India Company at the cost of this own countrymen during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
(Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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An unidentified group in Northern India
Ca. 1860

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Figure of a foreigner, found in Sarnath.
This is a probable member of the West Asian Pahlava or Saka(Iranian) elite in the Gangetic plains during the Mauryan period.

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Painting of three Indian couples;
1. Polygar soldier and his wife;
2. Bird-catchers;
3. A hunter and his wife, the man holding an animal's skull and a bundle.
One in a volume of thirty folios depicting castes, occupations and other scenes.
Tanjore, ca. 1830

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Sonai…
Indigenous people of Assam

Date Issued: 1868-1875

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1868 - 1875). Sonai, Assam. Retrieved from https://t.co/j5o4kCdzJC

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Tharoos, (low caste aboriginal Hindus), Shahjahanpur.

DATE ISSUED
1868 - 1875

New York Public Library

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1st Madras Infantry…

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Sumneus Khan of Ranghur Muslim community(formerly Hindu #Rajput) background from Hissar, Haryana, India.
The Rajputs played an important role in strengthening the foundation of Islamic rule in #India during the medieval era.

Source - New York Public Library

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Central medallion, #Bamiyan #Buddhist caves
Hindu Sun-God Lord Surya on his chariot...
#Afghanistan, once a thriving homeland of Hindu-Buddhist culture and the meeting point of India, Persia(#Iran) and Central Asia(Turan)

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Territories ‘conquered by the Dharma(Buddhism)’ according to Major Rock Edict No. 13 of Emperor Ashoka (260–218 BCE).

The Major Rock Edicts refer to 14 separate major Edicts of the great emperor!
#India
#Buddhism

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Indus valley civilization seal, with the Master of Animals motif of a man fighting two lions (2500–1500 BC), similar to the Sumerian “#Gilgamesh" motif, an indicator of Indus-Mesopotamia relations.
#AncientIndia

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The site of Takht-i-Bahi, ancient Indian #Buddhist monastery( presently in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, #Pakistan)
Built in the 1st century CE, it served as a centre of Buddhism in the region.
The monastery & its nearby city fell in the 7th century CE under repeated attacks by Alchon Huns

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Welcome to #India!

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The Didarganj Yakshi, one of the finest examples of very early #Indian stone statues. Dated to the 3rd century BCE, as it has the fine Mauryan polish associated with #Mauryan art.

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An image of Ambika under a mango tree in Cave 34 of the Ellora Caves
#India