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Date: ca 1720 CE

Subject: Maharana Sangram Singh II (r. 1710-1734)

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Date: ca 1725 CE

Subject: An inscription on the reverse names the horse rider as Ram Singh and the nobles as Rao Bakhat Singh, Maharaja Pratap Singh, Pancholi Kishandas, Tuar Kishan Singh, Chauhan Zoravar Singh, and Sakhavat Shyam Singh. [Maharana Sangram Singh II at the Chaugan Watching the Tame Elephant Raj Gak Defeating a Tiger]

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Date: ca 1840 CE

Subject: Dalpat Singh, grandson of the chief of Partabgarh, was adopted by the childless Maharawal Jaswant Singh of Dungapur. When Jaswant Singh was captured and dethroned by rebellious chiefs and Bhils, Dalpat Singh became regent. When Dalpat Singh succeeded his grandfather as ruler of Partapgarh in 1844, Dungapur's nobles protested that his power was too great since he controlled two states. They forced him to adopt the son of the Thakur of Sabli to whom the Dungapur gaddi passed, though Dalpat Singh tried to continue to control both states. Eventually the English removed him from power in Dungapur. The inscription refers to him as dewan or prime minister. The location Deolia refers to Partapgarh. [Dewan Dalpat Singh of Deolia]

Site Name: Nathadwara or Mewar

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Subject: Puja

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Date: ca 1870-1899 CE

Subject: The three man have Ramanaditilak marks. [Three Men]

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Date: ca 1676-1699 CE

Subject: The inscriptions, read as "Iswar Nath" and "Akash Briccha", may be later. [Ascetic beneath the Tree, Whose Fruit Were the People and Animals Grown to Populate his Alternate Universe]

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Date: ca 1800 CE

Subject: This lively devotional piece is decorated with swiggles that spell out "Rama". [Laksmana and His Wife]

Site Name: Palam

Date: ca 1520-30 CE

Subject: From The "Palam" Bhagavata Purana Illustrating Book X Chapter 59. [Krishna's Attack on Narakasura's Citadel, Pragjyotisa]

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Date: ca 1620-40 CE

Subject: The term "Malwa" is a generic term used for paintings done in the 17th and 18th century. Attribution to particular courts is still problematic. At its greatest extent during Mughal times, the term ?Malwa? included part of Rajputana and sometimes even parts of Bundelkhand. During the Raj, the term "Malwa Agency" referred to part of Central India but did not include Datia, Narsingarh, and Rajgarh. "Malwa" paintings have sometimes been attributed to the ateliers of these states. [Battle Scene]

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Date: ca 1700 CE

Subject: Krishna Bests the Jealous Brahma, illustration from the Bhagavata Purana, Book X

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Date: ca 1775-1800 CE

Subject: Though Nepal never became part of the British Indian Empire, the Maharaja of Nepal was listed in some books as an Indian prince. The noble families of Nepal have long intermarried with princely families within India. [Krishna Is Besieged at Mathura by Kalayanvana and his Army of Mlechchas [Barbarians] Including a Redcoat with a Bow and Arrow]

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Date: ca 1800-1899 CE

Subject: This palm leaf comes from an unidentified manuscript without a known colophon. Apparently the names used do not correspond with those in the Kamasutra. Estimates of its age range from late seventeenth to nineteenth century. Such palm leaves were buried, seasoned, and dried. Writing and drawings are incised with an iron stylus and then color is applied. [Coupling]