This is folio 41 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows a clash between both the armies (top); Bibhisana asking Rama how he can fight without a chariot (center left); Angada and Hanumana challenging Ravana (bottom).
This is folio 42 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Gods observing the battle in the sky (top); Ravana massacring Rama's army; Rama with Bibhisana etc. (top left); Mandodari with queens (bottom left).
This is folio 10 from the Aranyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Sutikshana reaching Agastya's ashrama with Rama (top); Agastya hugging Rama; Agastya asking Rama to deliver Dandakaranya of a curse (bottom).
This is folio 56 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Mandodari upset in the palace (bottom right); a headless Ravana running in the field (center); Gods showering flowers from the sky (top).
This collection includes digitized negatives created by field experts and professional photographers during research surveys between 1966 and 1990. The images document heritage buildings in various Indian states (Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, etc) that are decayed, damaged, or inaccessible. Also included are images of rare terracotta sculptures unearthed in excavations conducted at archaeological sites in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka, and a collection of miniature paintings commissioned by Mughal and Rajput patrons during the 16th to the 19th centuries in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
This is folio 12 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Angada discoursing with Ravana (center); Ravana with his queens (top right); attending demons (bottom).
This is folio 14 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Angada discoursing with Ravana in the court (center); Mandodari and other ladies in the palace (top).
This is folio 16 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Angada discoursing with Ravana (center); ladies in the palace (top); demons (bottom).