IndiaThatWas

An effort to set right the Indian history texts, wrongly framed till now.

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A warrior holding and looking through a telescope in a wall carving in Hoysaleshwara Temple, Halebidu, Karnataka showing a war. Long before Hans Lippershey is said to have invented it in 1608.

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@ssharadmohhan @V_and_A @DalrympleWill @JAJafri @dpanikkar @IndiaArtHistory @WhiteMughalsFan @hemantsarin @kamlesm @indpunch @VaishaliNarkar @IndianWorkshop @Chemburstudio @PropitiousOn3 15th Century :: Sculpture From Hampi depicting Holi Festival

Presently in Indian Museum Kolkata

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@ssharadmohhan @V_and_A @DalrympleWill @JAJafri @dpanikkar @IndiaArtHistory @WhiteMughalsFan @hemantsarin @kamlesm @indpunch @VaishaliNarkar @IndianWorkshop @Chemburstudio @PropitiousOn3 Radha and Krishna playing Holi with friends.
Kangra Art, Himachal Pradesh.

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@ssharadmohhan @V_and_A @DalrympleWill @JAJafri @dpanikkar @IndiaArtHistory @WhiteMughalsFan @hemantsarin @kamlesm @indpunch @VaishaliNarkar @IndianWorkshop @Chemburstudio @PropitiousOn3 249 years old painting of Bhagwan Krishna celebrating Holi festival with Radha.

Now in the V&A museum.

[g katyan misra @kamlesm]

@IndiaArtHistory @india_was @WhiteMughalsFan @DalrympleWill @MKapoorOfficial @ssharadmohhan nayika preparing for bath

the kanat is in backdrop
pahari painting?

[Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ @ssharadmohhan]

@DalrympleWill 12 yrs & 11 rulers later, 20th #Mughal ruler Nasir ud din #MohammedShah Roshan Akhtar "#Rangila" (27 Sept1719 to 26 Apr1748) has a long rule. Deposed #SayyidBrothers.
Died of grief after the battle of Manupur.
From @ClevelandArt 1764 by Mohd Rizavi.
@India_Atelier

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Tibetan Monk with Prayer Wheel - Darjeeling, 1928

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Raghunath Temple in Jammu - 1928

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Hall or 1000 pillars with sculptures of riding horses in Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple - Srirangam, Tamil Nadu 1890's

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Entrance to the Meenakshi Sundareshvara Temple - Madurai, Tamil Nadu 1890's

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Brahmins in the Great Temple at Madurai, Tamil Nadu - 1928

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Street Scene of Jaipur, Rajasthan - c1905

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Meena kumari in the Movie Pakeezah - 1972

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Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and US President Richard Nixon - 1971

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Meena Kumari's Grave in Rehmatabad Shia Cemetery, Mazgaon.

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27th February, 1931 - Dead body of Chandra Shekhar Azad

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Chandrashekhar Azad with the family of his friend Master Rudra Narayan.

[Shiraz Hassan @ShirazHassan]

An image on the outer wall of Khem Singh Haveli, Kallar Syedan, #Rawalpindi #Pakistan - Any idea whose image is this?

[True Indology @TrueIndology]

What an ignorant statement!

There are hundreds of Sanskrit inscriptions that predate Guptas. A few examples are Ayodhya inscription of Dhana dating back to 1st Century BC, Hathibada Ghosundi inscrriptions of Sarvatata dating back to 2nd Century BC, Mathura inscription of Sodasa

[Dr Shobha @DrShobha]

Ancient Water Management System at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh https://t.co/WvzQcTwWDP via @anuradhagoyal

[IndiaThatWas @india_was]

@ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @India_Atelier @dpanikkar @IndiaArtHistory @WhiteMughalsFan @PropitiousOn3 @Chemburstudio @JAJafri @Royal_Mughals @hemantsarin @MKapoorOfficial @kamlesm Well covered brief History of Sultanat-e-Tamuria in above tweets. Applauding ur efforts @ssharadmohhan ji.