Gujarat Collection (page 4)

Page from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra paying homage to Mahavira, early 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra paying homage to Mahavira, early 16th century

King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala with the Dream Diviners, from a Kalpa-sutra, c. 1475-1500. The king and queen seated in the upper register are the parents of Mahavira

Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures: King Siddhartha Rises and Bathes, c. 1475-1500

Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures, c. 1475-1500. Creator: Unknown
Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures, c. 1475-1500. Though paper manuscripts would have been wrapped in cloth rather than bound with string

Floorspread with medallion pattern, 1650-1700. Creator: Unknown
Floorspread with medallion pattern, 1650-1700

Folio with Dancing Women, early 1500s. Creator: Unknown
Folio with Dancing Women, early 1500s

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Text (verso), 1279. Creator: Pradyumnasuri (Indian)
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Text (verso), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: text (verso), 1278. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: text (verso), 1278

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto), c. 1400. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto), c. 1400

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Kalpa-sutra: text (verso), 1278. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: A Monk Preaching (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: text (verso), 1278

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra... 1279. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: text describing descent of Mahavira into the womb of the Brahman woman Devananda

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (verso), 1279. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (verso), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (recto), 1279. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (recto), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: The Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text (recto), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Text (recto), 1279. Creator: Hemachandra (Indian)
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Text (recto), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Jain Monk Teaching with a Manuscript Page a Disciple and Two Laywomen and Two Laymen Below (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Text (verso)

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Seated Yellow Jina Shantinatha Enshrined, 1279. Rendered with alacrity and charm, the painting is independent of the Sanskrit text

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: The Monk Gautama, Enthroned (recto), 1279. The text on this rare, early manuscript page tells of the birth of Mahavira, but the painting is that of a monk

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: page from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya)…
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: page from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra, with commentary by Abhayatilaka: Monk in the Gift-giving Gesture before a Layman (verso)

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Enthroned Monk (recto); Text (verso), 1279
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Enthroned Monk (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Text (verso), 1279

Book Cover (Jain ?), 1700s - 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Book Cover (Jain ?), 1700s - 1800s

Athai-dvipa: The two and a half continents, the universe in the shape of a person (Cosmic Man, Lokapurusha) and the seven levels of hell, 1613

Two Rabari men climbing a dune with their dromedaries at sunset, Great Rann of Kutch Desert, Gujarat, India, Asia

Ahir Woman in traditional colorful cloth pouring water at sunset, Great Rann of Kutch Desert, Gujarat, India, Asia

Nawanagar State Forces, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Nawanagar State Forces, 1936. From " Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas". [John Player & Sons, 1936]

Dhrangadhra State Forces, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Dhrangadhra State Forces, 1936. From " Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas". [John Player & Sons, 1936]

Baria State Forces, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Baria State Forces, 1936. From " Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas". [John Player & Sons, 1936]

Hindu woman in red sari inside the ornate white marble Swaminarayan Temple, built following the 2001 earthquake, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, Asia

Entrance to the beautiful white marble Swaminarayan Temple, illuminated for evening prayers, Mandvi, Gujarat, India, Asia

The Great Emperor Akbar Enters His City in State, 1572, (1590-1595), (c1930). Creator
The Great Emperor Akbar Enters His City in State, 1572, (1590-1595), (c1930). The Mughal emperor Akbars triumphant entry into the fort of Surat in western India, after taking the city in 1572

The Great College, Baroda, India, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The Great College, Baroda, India, 1895. Baroda College, established in 1881, was designed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm in the Indo-Saracenic style

BlackbuckA(Antilope cervicapra), herd with males and females, Velavadar National Park
Blackbuck(Antilope cervicapra), herd with males and females, Velavadar National Park, Gujarat, India

Indian wolfA(Canis lupus pallipes) in habitat, Gujarat, India
Indian wolf(Canis lupus pallipes) in habitat, Gujarat, India

Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), group, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), group on barren salt pan, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Stitched panorama

Asiatic lionesses and cubs (Panthera leo persica) drinking from pool, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India. Water is scarce in the Gir

A Standard-bearer of Cutch, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
A Standard-bearer of Cutch, 1903. From The Durbar, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903]

Spear-bearers from Cutch, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Spear-bearers from Cutch, 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911

Baroda nautch girls, 1902. Artist: Vernon & Co
Baroda nautch girls, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Returning to camp after a days shoot, Bebar jungle, India, 1909. Artists: Elmer Underwood, Bert Elias Underwood
Returning to camp after a days shoot, Bebar jungle, India, 1909. From The Underwood Travel Library, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1909]

A Feeding-Place for Birds, Ahmedabad, c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
A Feeding-Place for Birds, Ahmedabad, c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

A Retainer from Cutch, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
A Retainer from Cutch, 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911

Native Bards from the Cutch State, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Native Bards from the Cutch State, 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911

Emblem-bearers of Cutch, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Emblem-bearers of Cutch, 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911

The Gold and Silver Cannons of Baroda, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
The Gold and Silver Cannons of Baroda, 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911

Bombay... c1920
Bombay. Colour comes to life in Baroda when the Gaekwars state elephants, caparisoned in gold and scarlet and blue and flanked by white-clad footmen

Entry of the Prince of Wales into Baroda, India, on 9 November 1875 (1908). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 2, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

The beginning of the British Empire in India, 17th century (1908). The trading post established by the East India Comany at Surat, Gujarat

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