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@IthassPunjyab I can faintly read ‘Charing Cross Taxi Stand’ on the board on the lower left side.

Punjab Assembly,The Mall, Lahore circa 1940

The feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s son Rama, from Chapters 14–15 of the "Bala Kanda" of Ramayana. c. 1810, Pahadi © Cleveland museum @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @IndiaArtHistory @Kautilya02 @JAJafri

Lady feeding birds (quails ) Kangra school, 18th cen Met museum

Sita with her sons Luv & Kush outside the hermitage of Sage Valmiki. Late 18th cen from @laBnF #Ramayana #Art #History @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @dpanikkar @DalrympleWill @UnamPillai @swativashishtha @Kautilya02

A #Sikh Nobleman from #Kashmir frm the book ‘Voyage d'une Parisienne dans L'Himalaya Occidental’ by Ujfalvy-Bourdon, Marie de 1887 courtesy @laBnF #History #Travel @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @RamblingSingh @SirPentapotamia @DalrympleWill @SrinagarGirl @swativashishtha @JAJafri

A pair of myna birds (ca 1620) North India (Acridotheres tristis) © Met museum @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @IndiaArtHistory @Kautilya02

Scroll painting A scene from the Ramayana, women paying devotions to Rama, Sita & Laxman by an artist of the Patua caste, Bengal, ca. 1830 ©V_&_A @PunjabiRooh @annodomin1 @BengalAntiquity @ghosh_gopali @deo_shaurya @AmitGuha2020 @RupakChatto @Barendrabhumi1 @monidipadey

Bhim Tal at Kumaon in Uttarakhand, by Marianne North, 1878, British Library @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @Kautilya02 @IndiaArtHistory

Above Shurapadma, who fled, swimming in the sea. Down The tree within which he hid is bisected by the trident of Subrahmanya, piercing Shurapadma & turns it into a peacock & a rooster Karaikal(Tanjore), 1727(V_&_A) @swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @IndiaArtHistory

Lute players near the Golden Temple #Amritsar 1903 pic by Gertrude Bell. pic frm @UniofNewcastle #History #Punjab #Sikh #VintagePhotography @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @DalrympleWill @RamblingSingh @SirPentapotamia @ThethPanjabi @thejatculture @swativashishtha @amanmadra @JAJafri

@IthassPunjyab @ExploreWellcome holds a copy of this photograph and it mentions the place as Bombay. “House to house visitation by Justices of Peace with a military escort and ambulance, in the native part of Bombay …”

A group of officials making a visit to a house, Amritsar, suspected of holding people with plague. Circa 1896.

Cheetahs sent by the King of Oude [Nawab of Awadh] to accompany the Governor General By Emily Eden (1797 - 1869) 1844 From Emily Eden's 'Portraits of the Princes and People of India.' archive.org/details/Eden30… via @RazaKazmi17 1/5

@swativashishtha @IndiaArtHistory @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @JAJafri @Chemburstudio @cherishDcherry_ @calijignasa @kamlesm @zarafshan @MohdMuzzammilK @asifalikhan_1 @AmitGuha2020 How interesting

@hemantsarin @IndiaArtHistory @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @JAJafri @Chemburstudio @cherishDcherry_ @calijignasa @kamlesm @zarafshan @MohdMuzzammilK @asifalikhan_1 @AmitGuha2020 Jaipur has a Cheetaewallan Mohalla in the walled city, a locality where cheetahs were kept and trained for coursing during hunting during the state times.

A blindfold #Cheetah and a #Lynx (?) resting on Charpoys with their handlers. Late 19th cen photo by Kurt Boeck. #History #VintagePhotography @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @swativashishtha

@IndiaArtHistory @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @swativashishtha @JAJafri @Chemburstudio @cherishDcherry_ @calijignasa @kamlesm @zarafshan @MohdMuzzammilK @asifalikhan_1 @AmitGuha2020 The lined up Cheetahs seem to be on display, perhaps for sale.

@hemantsarin @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @swativashishtha @JAJafri @Chemburstudio @cherishDcherry_ @calijignasa @kamlesm @zarafshan @MohdMuzzammilK @asifalikhan_1 @AmitGuha2020 x.com/i/status/12575…

@swativashishtha @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @JAJafri @IndiaArtHistory @Chemburstudio @cherishDcherry_ @calijignasa @kamlesm @zarafshan @MohdMuzzammilK @asifalikhan_1 @AmitGuha2020 Thankyou.

@hemantsarin @ssharadmohhan @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @JAJafri @IndiaArtHistory @Chemburstudio @cherishDcherry_ @calijignasa @kamlesm @zarafshan @MohdMuzzammilK @asifalikhan_1 @AmitGuha2020 That's a caracal, with those long ear tufts. Cheetahs and Caracals were used for coursing during hunting.

Photographs of groups of armed Sikh irregulars of the Jama'iat-i-Sikhan, a sub-set of Dakhni Sikhs who served the Nizam of Hyderabad as mercenaries, ca.1865.

Two strikingly similar works depicting Raja Anirudh Chand & Sant Tulsidas paying homage to Lord #Rama & Sita. Left frm @NMnewdelhi & Right frm @ChazenArtUW #Art #History #Pahari #Kangra @DalrympleWill @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @Kautilya02 @dpanikkar @Trigartha

Panoramic view of a mural depicting the King of Varanasi on a hunt (part of Shyama Jatak)! Note his Kurta like dress! Ajanta Cave10, 100 BC Cave 10 holds the oldest group of Ajanta murals, the oldest Buddhist paintings in the world & unlike later murals, they aren't idealistic!

@ThethPanjabi @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @RamblingSingh @SirPentapotamia @thejatculture @JasKand @JAJafri @amanmadra @TejpalRalmill @ustaadji @calijignasa @cherishDcherry_ @kamlesm @DalrympleWill @swativashishtha @zarafshan @IndiaArtHistory Yes, Irene daughter of Duleep Singh.

@hemantsarin @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @RamblingSingh @SirPentapotamia @thejatculture @JasKand @JAJafri @amanmadra @TejpalRalmill @ustaadji @calijignasa @cherishDcherry_ @kamlesm @DalrympleWill @swativashishtha @zarafshan @IndiaArtHistory You can also find the grave of his daughter Irene there.

Came across these photos on the internet of the grave of Victor Duleep Singh, grandson of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in #Monaco !!! Did he ever visit #Punjab ? #History #Sikh @ssharadmohhan @PunjabiRooh @RamblingSingh @SirPentapotamia @thejatculture @ThethPanjabi @JasKand @JAJafri