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General Resources for Indian Art |
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Art Forms of India (brief articles on painting sculpture, temple architecture- includes dance, theatre, cinema)(indiansaga.info) |
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Indian Sculpture (brief description of Hindu and Buddhist sculptures)(AsianInfo.org) |
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Timeline of Indian Art (Kamat's Potpourri) |
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Art of India (related links to various aspects of Indian art) |
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Indus Valley Civilization |
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The Ancient Indus Valley Civilization (essay on Indus Valley civilization, includes bibliography)(Michael Smith) |
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(comprehensive site on Indus valley civilization with great images and latest info on the excavations and controversies(real audio version available)(Harappa 1995-2001) |
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The Indus Script (a detailed analysis of Indus script- 20 page interview with the historian, Iravatham Mahadevan) (Harappa 1998) |
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Indus Valley sculptures (brief essay)(indiansaga.info) |
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Bibiliography of Books on Indian Art |
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Books on Art History (comprehensive annotated catalogue of books on Indian art) (vedamsbooks.com) |
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Bibliography of Indian Art (brief list of books on Indian art with one line description for each book) (Michael D. Gunther) (www.art-and-archaeology.com) |
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DSAL: Digital South Asia Library (provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia) (dsal.uchicago.edu) |
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The Shiva Gallery (brief list of books on paintings, sculptures and iconography of Hindu god Shiva) (Melody N., Caitlin O., Kelly P.) |
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Bharut and Sanchi |
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Buddhist Art in India (brief info on bharut and sanchi and early phases of Indian art)(Radha Bannerjee) (IGNCA) |
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Bharut Stupa Railings (images of Bharut, also has basic info on indian architecture: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and Islamic) (stolaf.edu) |
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Mathura and Gandhara Art |
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Greco-Buddhist Art (Gandharan art works with text)(Wikipedia.org) |
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Yagihashi Tsukasa (Tohoku university of art and design in Japan) Investigation of Early Mathura Buddhism Sculpture (explains Yagihashi's theory of "The Shape of Flower" in Mathura Buddhist scupltures) |
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P.C. Jain (exoticindia.com) Evolution of the Buddha Image (interesting article on the origin of the image of Buddha) |
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Art Education- Gandhara (images and text from Gandhara)(Arts Indian Atelier) |
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Art of the Gupta Period |
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The Age of Guptas and After (brief history of the Gupta Period. Has links to Vedic, Aryan and Mauryan age and a glossary of Indian terms and concepts) (Richard Hooker) |
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Gupta Dynasty, Golden Age of Guptas (short essay on the Gupta period with emphasis on the Gupta coins)(Nupam Mahajan)(unc.edu) |
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Islamic Art |
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Rajasthani Miniature Paintings |
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Mughal Art |
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Akbar |
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The Synthesis of European and Mughal Art in the Emperor Akbar’s Khamsa of Nizami (explores the relationship between European and Mughal art) (Gregory Minissale) |
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Jahangir |
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Shah Jahan |
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Mughal Miniature Paintings |
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Mughal School of Art (Nitin Kumar) (exoticindia.com) |
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Miniature Painting under Shash Jahan (indiancanvas.com) |
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Mughal Architecture |
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Taj Mahal |
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Architecture of the Taj
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The Taj Controversy
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Mughal Gardens |
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Mughal History |
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General Resources |
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Mughal Art and Architecture (overview of Mughal art under Humayun, Akbar, Shah Jahan and decline under Aurangzeb) (Columbia University Press) |
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Birds and Animals in Indian Art - The Mughal Artist as a Naturalist ( explores the memoirs Of Jahangir, commonly known as Tuzuk-I-Jahangiri)( Nitin Kumar) (exoticindia.com) |
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The Legacy of Islamic Empires and their Arts (comprehensive info on the rise and fall of Mughal empire and art)(Khalid Mubireek) (Islamic Arts and Architecture Organization) |
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The Rise and Fall of the Mughals (South Asian History) (Shishir Thadani) |
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Bibliography |
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Company Paintings |
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Company Paintings (info on vaious aspects of Comapny Paintings that "were created by Indian artists employed by members of the British East India Company") (Sarah Paul) |
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Company School Painting in South India (essay on Company paintings with images) (Shankar Natarajan) |
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Innovative Mica Paintings of 19th Century India (Pran Nevile) |
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Modern and Contemproray art of India |
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M.F. Hussain |
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Saraswati painting controversy |
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Censorship Myths and Imagined Harms (essay on religion, policitcs and art in contemporary India. discusses Hussain- Saraswati contovery) (Shohini Ghosh) |
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Vandals at large (news snippet reporting the "damaging of M.F. Hussain’s painting of Goddess Durga at a public gallery in Surat")( The Tribune,Chandigarh, India) |
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M. F. Hussain to face trial (news snippet about the contoversy) (witsindia.com) |
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Leave Husain alone (essay on relationship between artistic license and Hussain's contoversial image of the goddess) (The Free Press Journal) |
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Issues and Debates in India: Sexuality Comparive Reality and History (essay on sexuality with discussion on Hussain controversy)(Alok Srivastava and Jashodhara Dasgupta) |
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M F Husain absolved (news snippet on the contoversy and the leagl actions)(The Peninsula) |
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Films by Hussain |
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Gajagamini
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Meenaxi - Tale of 3 Cities
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M.F. Hussian (profile and paintings of the artits, includes info on Progressive Artists' Group) (Sourendu Gupta) |
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M.F. Husain (artist's profile) (indianest.com) |
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Indian Modern Art (essays on company paintings, Bengal School and the Progressive Group) (Arts Indian Atelier) |
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Mauryan Period |
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Mauryan Empire (brief history of Mauryas)(metmuseum.org) |
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The Mauryan Empire (links to Buddhism, Asoka and Mauryan sculpture) (Kamat's Potpourri) |
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The Life Of Ashoka Mauryan (brief info on the life, history and legacy of Ashoka)(Kevin, California State University, Chico) |
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The Kingdom of Magadh (info on Ashokan edicts, also has links to Gupta period)(The Asylum of Sarabhanga) |
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Vedic Period |
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David Frawley (http://www.vedanet.com/) The Myth of the Aryan Invasion (critical essay that questions the belief "the Vedic culture was that of primitive nomads from Central Asia") (Akhand Bharat) |
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