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).
This is folio 15 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Angada discoursing with Ravana (center); attending demons (bottom).
This is folio 22 from the Sundarakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Angada etc. leading Bibhisana towards Rama (top); Bibhisana pays obeisance to Rama (bottom).
This is folio 13 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Angada flouting before Ravana (center right); Mandodari with attendants (top left); attending demons (bottom).
This is folio 10 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Rama sending Angada to Ravana (bottom); Angada killing Aksaya (center); Angada in Ravana's court (top left).
This is folio 52 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Gods happy over seeing one Ravana; Ravana rushing towards gods in anger but Angada is pulling him down by the leg (top); Rama cutting his heads, arms etc. that again multiply; Jambavana challenging Ravana (center).
This is folio 11 from the Lankakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Angada sitting in Ravana's court (center); Ravana in his palace (top left).
This is folio 60 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows a scene in Citrakuta where tigers, elephants, deers etc. roam together.
This is folio 124 from the Balakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows a pavilion (mandapa) of precious stones been set up.
This folio is from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows a religious gathering and recitation of Ramayana.
This is folio 10 from the Kishkindhakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Hanumana sending out messengers (top left); Angada bowing to an angry Lakshmana (center); Sugriva and Hanumana bowing before Rama and Lakshmana (center left); army of monkeys (bottom).