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Vedic Period (2000-300 B.C.)

    Hastinapura
    Kaushambi
    Tiruvelangadu
    Rajgir
Maurya Period (322-185 B.C.)
    Allahabad
    Barabar
    Dhauli (Orissa)
    Lauriya Nandangarh
    Pataliputra (Patna)
    Rampurva
    Sarnath
    Vaishali (Besarn)
Sunga Period (185-72 B.C.)
    Besnagar
    Bharhut
    Bodhgaya
    Sanchi
Early Andhra Period (50 B.C. - c. A.D. 50)
    Sanchi    
    Amaravati
    Bedsa
    Bhaja
    Karli
    Nasik
    Sanchi
Later Andhra Period (A.D. 50-320)
    Goli
    Khaneri
    Nagarjunakonda
    Nasik
Kushana Period (A.D. 50-320)
    Bodhgaya
Gupta and Post-Gupta (A.D. 320-647)
    Aihole
    Ajanta
    Alampur
    Aurangabad
    Badami
    Bagh
    Badoh-Pathari
    Bhitargaon
    Bhumara
    Bilsadh
    Dah Parbatiya
    Deogarh
    Ellora
    Elephanta
    Eran
    Jogeshvari
    Kalachuri (see Jogeshvari and Mandapeshvara)
    Mahakuta
    Mandasor
    Marhia (Marhia Kalan)
    Mukundara
    Nachna
    Nagral
    Nalanda
    Pipariya
    Sanchi
    Sarnath
    Saugar
    Tigawa
    Udayagiri
Medieval Period (c. mid 7th-18th)
    South India
        Chalukya Dynasty (550-642 A.D.)
            Early Western Chalukya Dynasty (550-753 A.D.)
                Badami (7th-8th c. temples)
                Pattadakkal
            Chera Dynasty   
            Pallava Dynasty (c.600-750 A.D) 
                Conjeevaram (see Kanchipuram)
                Kanchipuram
                Mamallapuram (also called Mahabalipuram)
                Narttamalai
                Panamalai
                Sittannavassal
                Tiruchirappalli
                Uttiramerur (or Uttaramerur)
           Chola Dynasty (907-1053 A.D.)      
                Chidambaram
                Darasuram
                Erumbur
                Gangaikondacholapuram
                Kilaiyur
                Kodumbalur
                Kumbakonam
                Narttamalai
                Pullamangai
                Srirangam
                Tanjore
                Tiruvallam
                Vriddhachalam
           Hoysala Dynasty         
                Belur
                Doddagaddavalli
                Halebid
                Hanamkonda
                Mosale
                Somnathpur
           Kakatiya Dynasty       
                Palempet (Andhra Pradesh)
           Pandya to Vijayanagar       
                Kalugumalai
                Madurai
                Tirumalai
           Vijayanagar Dynasty (1370-1565)  
                Hampi-Vijayanagar
                Kanchipuram (Conjeevaram)
                Lepakshi
                Srirangam
                Srivilliputtur
                Tirukkalikunram
           Nayaka Dynasty       
                Chidambaram
                Madurai
                Srirangam
                Srivilliputter
           Western Ganga Dynasty      
                Sravanabelgola
           Sultanate       
                Ahmadnagar
                Bidar
                Bijapur
                Golconda
                Gulbarga
    Eastern India
        East Ganga Dynasty (6th-14th c. A.D.)     
            Bhubaneswar (or Bhuvaneswar)
            Dhauli (Orissa)
            Konarak (Orissa)
            Rajim (Orissa)
            Ratnagiri (Orissa)
    Central India
        Early Eastern Chalukya Dynasty (6th-9th c.-11th-?)   
            Amrol (Gwalior)
            Bateshar Padhavali (Morena)
            Deogarh (Lalitapur U.P.)
            Gryaspur (Vidisha)
        Chandella Dynasty
            Kadah (Guna District)
            Khajuraho
            Kuchdon (Lalitpur District)
            Madkheda (Tikamgarh District)
            Mahua (Shivapuri District)
            Naresar (Gwalior District)
            Umri (Tikamgarh District) 9th C.
        Paramara Dynasty (11th Century)
            Udaipur (Madhya Pradesh)
        Rajput Dynasty
           Badoh (Vidisha)
           Barwasagar (Jhansi, U.P.)
           Gryaspur (Vidisha)
           Gwalior
           Indor (Guna District)
        Sultanate
           Ashtur
           Delhi
                *[SULTANATE including:  Early Sultanate (Turki), Tughlug Period, Sayyid Period, Lodi Period, and Suri Period]
                Early Sultanate (Turki)
                Tughlug Period
                Sayyid Period (1414-51)
                Lodi Period (of Delhi), (1440-1520)
                Suri Period
    Western India
        Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
            Gujarat       
            Scu           
            Osia (Rajputana)
        Rastrakuta Dynasty
            Ellora
            Kiradu
        Solanki Dynasty (11th-12th Cen.)
            Modhera
            Mt. Abu
            Rajputana
            Sunak
        Rajput Dynasty (Sultanate)
            Chitor
    North India        
        Avantipur (Utpala Dynasty)                                    
        Buniar (Kashmir)                                                  
        Chamba                                                              
        Kalimpong                                                           
        Ladakh (Kashmir)                                               
        Lahaul Valley                                                          
        Martand (Kashmir)                                              
        Narastan (Kashmir AND Utpala Dynasty)               
        Pandrethan (Kashmir AND Utpala Dynasty)           
        Parihasapura (Kashmir/Karkota)                           
        Patan (Kashmir/Utpala)                                    
        Payar (Kashmir/Utpala)  
        Spiti Valley                                                         
        Tarpar (Kashmir/Utpala)                                      
        Vantipur (Utpala)                                             
        Zanskar (Kashmir)                                         
Mughal Period
    Central India
        Agra
        Ahmedabad
        Amber
        Aurangabad
        Calcutta
        Delhi
        Kashmir
        Fatehpur Sikri
        Jaipur
        Jaunpur
        Mandu
        Sasaram
        Sikandra
    North India 
        Varanasi (Benares)
    South India
        Hyderabad
        Mamallapuram
        Ramesvaram
        Srirangam
 
PAINTINGS

Medieval Period
    [For Ajanta and other cave temple paintings, see Arch. site]
    North India
        Ladakh
    South India
        [So. India:  SEE SITES]
    Eastern India
    Western India
    Sultanate
Mughal-Modern Period
    [General]
    Persian School
    Sub-Imperial Style
    Bengal
    Deccani (Deccan School)
        [General]
        Ahmadnagar
        Aurangabad
        Bijapur
        Golconda
        Golconda Hyderabad
        Hyderabad
    Maharastra (British Period)
    Mughal
        [General]
        Reign of Humaya
        Reign of Akbar
            Benares, Bharat Kala Bhavan
            Manuscript Sets     
            Akbar-Nama         
            Akbar-Nama (Victoria and Albert Museum) 
                [General]           
                Court Scenes by Basawan
                Dharamdas
                Farrukh Chela
                Jagannath
                Lal
                Madho
                Manohar
                Miskin
                Mukind
                Savala
            Babur-Nama
            Banaristan (The Spring Garden) 1595
                Basawan
                Jami
            Darabnama c. 1585
                Basawan Darabnama
            Dustan-i-Amir Hamsa
            Hamza-Nama
                [General]
            Harivamsa
            Portraits
            Ramayana Mss., Freer Gallery/Art
        Tuti-Nama (Cleveland)
            [General]
            Artists
                Basawan
                Daswanth
                [Kisu Das (Kesu Das)]
                See Also:  Anwar-i-Suhaili
        Reign of Jahangir (1605-27)
            [General]
            Artists
                Abu'l Hasan
                Aga Riza (Aqa Riza)
                Bichitr
                Bishandas ( Bishan Das)
                Daulat
                Dhanraj
                Dharm Das
                Farrukh Beg
                Fazi
                Govardhan
                Ghulam Mirza (see Manohar)
                Ghulam
                Lal Chand
                Manohar
                Gullistan of Sa'di
                Mansur
                Nanha
            Sub-Imperial
                Rasikapriya 
        Reign of Shah-Jahan (1628-58)
            [General]
            Portraits           
                [Anonymous]
                Bal Chand
                Bichitr
                Bishan Das
                Bulaqi
                Govardhan
                Gulistan
                Hashim
                Hunhar
                Payag
                Shah Jahan-nama
                Padshahnama
        Reign of Aurangazeb (1659-1707)
            [General]
            Bichitr
            Payag
        Reign of Bahadur Shah I
            [General]
        Reign of Muhammad Shah
            [General]
        Reign of Bahadur Shah II
            [General]
        Bazaar Mughal
        Late Imperial
        [Period of Jehangir]
        Popular Mughal
        Provincial Mughal
            [General]
            Agra
            Lahore
            Puri (Orissa)
            Sub-Imperial Mughal
    Rajput   
        Central India
        Rajasthani
            [General]  
                17th Century
                18th Century
                19th Century
        [Rajput/Mughal]
            Ajmer
            Amer
            Bikaner
            Bundelkhand
            Bundi
                Allahabad
                Benares
                Bombay
                Cambridge Fogg
                Cleveland/Bickford Collection
                Kanoria Collection
                Kotah Museum
                San Diego/Binney Collection
                Worcester
                Private Collections
            Datia
            Devgarh (Deogarh)
            Gujarat
            Jaipur
            Kishangarh
                [General]
                Kanoria Collection
                Benares
                Kishangarh Palace
            Kotah
                [General]
                Benares
                Kanoria Collection
            Malwa
                16th Century
                17th Century
                    Kanoria Collection
                    Benares/Ragamala Paintings, ca. 1650  
                        Bhairava Raga
                        Madhumadhavi Ragini
                        Bangala Ragini
                        Gunakali Ragini
                        Varada Ragini
                        Gandhara Ragini
                        Malkosa Raga
                        Gauri Ragini
                        Todi Ragini
                        Kakubha Ragini
                        Khambhayati Ragini
                        Kedara Ragini
                        Hindola Raga
                        Nata Ragini
                        Desavaradi Ragini
                        Bhairava Ragini
                        Vasanta Ragini
                        Desakha Ragini
                        Dipaka Raga
                        Gaunda Ragini
                        Malava Ragini
                        Ratamanjari Ragini
                        Kamoda Ragini
                        Panchama Ragini
                        Megha Raga
                        Malasri Ragini
                        Kanada Ragini
                        Asavari Ragini
                        Malhara Ragini
                        Vilavala Ragini
                        Sri Raga
                        Ramakali Ragini
                        Gujari Ragini
                        Laliti Ragini
                        Vibhasa Ragini
                        Dhanasri Ragini
                        Bhairava Raga
                        Ramakali Ragini
                        Kanada Ragini
                        Desakha Ragini
                        Asavari Ragini
                18th Century
                    Benares Bhagavata Purana Ms.
                    Benares Ramayana Ms.
                    Benares Durga Ms.
            Marwar
                16th Century
                18th Century
                19th Century
                    Malpura
                    Pali
            Mewar
            (See also Udaipur)
                16th Century
                    [General]
                    Chaurapanchasika
                    (See also:  India Ptg.  Medieval Period.  W. India)
                    Bhagavata Purana
                    Krishna
                    Kanoria Collection
                    Gita Govinda  (Prince of Wales Museum)
                17th Century
                    [General]
                    Gita Govinda
                    Ramayana
                    Krishna
                    Kanoria Collection
                    Bhagavata
                    Bhishma
                    Damanaka
                    Gauri Ragini
                    Radha
                    Miscellaneous
                    Chawand
                    Ragamala
                18th Century
                    [General]
                    Krishna
                    Kanoria Collection
            Murshidabad
            Nathadwara
                [General]
                Benares
            Paithan
            Sawar
                Sawar, Rajasthani
            Sirohi
                [General]
                Kanoria Collection
            Udaipur
                [General]
                Bhagavata Purana--1648 by Sahabadi Poona:  Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
                    Gajendra Moksham
                    Kurma Avatara (Tortoise incarnation of Vishnu)
                    Churning the Ocean of Milk
                    Vamana Avatara (Dwarf incarnation of Vishnu)
                    Matsya Avatara (Fish incarnation of Vishnu)
                    Story of Markandeya
                    The Last Days of Krishna Avatara
                    Jara Shoots Krishna
            Uniara
                Uniara (Rajasthani)
        Pahari (Punjab Hills)
            Basohli
                [General]
                Devi
                Portraits
                Siva
                Vishnu
                Nayika (Fogg)
                Ragamalas
                Rama
                Rasamanjari  c. 1680-1690
                Miscellaneous Krishna
                "Sat Saiya"  c. 1690
                Gita Govinda by Manaku
                Bhagavata Purana
                The Golden Egg
                Churning of the Ocean
            Bilaspur
                [General]
                Kanoria Collection
            Chamba
            Garhwal
                [General]
                Krishna
                Kanoria Collection
                Rukmini
                Rama
                Siva
                MFA Siva/Parvati
                Parvati
                Hunt Scene
            Guler
                [General]
                Hunt Scene
                Lady
                Krishna
                Krishna and Rhada
                Rasapanchadhyayi
                Mohini
                Nayika
                Garuda
                Rukmini
                Sandhya
                Siva
                Portraits
                Raja Sansar Chand
                Govardhan Chand
                Kanoria Collection
            Guler-Kangra
            Jammu
            Jodpur
                [General]
                Kanoria Collection
            Kangra
                [General]
                Sansar Chand
                Krishna
                    Benares
                Kanoria Collection
                Rasika Priya
                Radha
                Ramayana
                Rama
                Shiva
                MFA Hour of Cowdust
                Gita Govinda
                The "First" Bhagavata Purana (c. 1790)
                    Rasapanchadhyayi section by "Master of Moonlight"
                    Line Drawing
                Bhagavata Purana (c. 1830)
                Lambagraon Gita Govinda (c.1820-25)
            Kulu
                [General]
                Rama
                Krishna
                Kanoria Collection
                BMFA Krishna with Flute
                Ragamalas
                Lady
                Portraits
                Ramayana
            Kulu-Mandi
            Mandi
                Mardi (Pahari) Mandi
            Mankot
            Nurpur
            Sirmur
            Tehrigarhwal
            Tirasujanpur
        Sikh
    Maharashtra
    Western India (16th-17th)
    South India
        [Madura]
        [Maratha]
        [Mysore]
        [Nayak Dyn. Narasimha]
    North India
        Ladakh
            Painting
            Four Figures
            Lamayuru Monastery
                Sakyamuni Enthroned
            Likir Monastery
                Tara
                Amitayus
                Bhaisajyagura
                Sakyamuni
                Amitabha in the Western Paradise
                Torma Offering/Wrathful Dharmapala
                Lhamo
                Tsongkapa
        Sangskar
            Tetha Monastery
                Pektse
            Karsha Monastery
                Vajrabhaurava
                Four Figures
        Kunawar
            Nago Monastery
                Ngawang Namgyal
        Spiti
            Po Monastery
                Vairocana
        Kashmir
Modern
    Calcutta
        Calendar Print 
            Krishna
            Vishnu
            Rama
            Hanuman
            Narasimha
            Siva and Vishnu
            Siva Nataraj
            Siva as Teacher
            Siva, Great Lord
            Siva, Lord of Ghosts
            Siva Ganghadhara (receives Ganga)
            Siva's Family
            Ganesha
            Kartitkeya
            Ayyappan
            Laksmi
            Fadmini
            Life of Vivkananda
            Guru Nanak
            Jaina Jinas
            Zorostrian Fire Altar
            Ajmer
            Buddha
            Portraits
            Women
From SCMA
    Mughal
    Rajaschan (Rajasthan)
        [Bikaner]
        [Bundi]
        [Jodhpur (Marwar)]
        [Kishangarh]
        [Kotan]
        [Mewar]
        [Anonymous]   
        Anonymous    
            [Basoly, Naika Avesarika]
            [Chambla]
            [Punjab Hills (Bushohli,Dahari,Kangra)]
            [Kashmir]
            [Kulu]
            [Makuraba]
            [Pahari (or Punjab Hills)]
            [Western India]
            [Central India]
    Miniatures 


updated 1/21/03