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  1. 'Three Wondrous Birds'

    This c1620 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bijapur or #Golconda #Deccan #India attributed to #Artist Isma'il is in the Sothebys sale of March 29, est. £50,000-70,000

    Possibly an illustration to Anvar-i-Suhayli (translation of the #Sanskrit book of Fables 'Panchtantra') also known as Kalilah wa-Dimnah (The Lights of the Canopus) written in #Persian by Husayn Va'iz al-Kashivi in 15th century

    #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons #Art #Heritage #History #Birds

  2. 12 Naxalites gunned down by security forces in Chhattisgarh

    The gunfight broke out at around 9 am in a forest of south Bijapur when a joint team of security personnel was out an anti-Naxalite operation.....

    This was originally posted on India Weekly. Read the detailed report here:

    indiaweekly.biz/12-naxalites-g

    #Chhattisgarh #naxalite #SecurityForces #Gunfight #India #Bijapur #UK #USA

  3. 12 Naxalites gunned down by security forces in Chhattisgarh

    The gunfight broke out at around 9 am in a forest of south Bijapur when a joint team of security personnel was out an anti-Naxalite operation.....

    This was originally posted on India Weekly. Read the detailed report here:

    indiaweekly.biz/12-naxalites-g

    #Chhattisgarh #naxalite #SecurityForces #Gunfight #India #Bijapur #UK #USA

  4. Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of #Bijapur #Deccan #India in Procession

    This detailed work in this #IndianMiniaturePainting is attributed to the school of 'Ali Riza (#Artist), who was a master of shading & stippling, techniques found here in the lively elephants

    This c1650 CE #Painting is now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art USA

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #artoftheday #Heritage #Paintings #History #ArtHistory #Museums #Elephants #Entertainment #Histodons #MastoArt

  5. ‘They were villagers who went to pick Tendu leaves, not Maoists’: In Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur, families question “encounter that killed 12 Maoists”

    The police have refuted these claims as baseless, while the villagers and activists argue that these people were killed and then branded by the police as Maoists.

    #chhattisgarh #bijapur #tribals #adivasis #ExtrajudicialKillings #maoists #BJPStates #BJP #congress #india

    maktoobmedia.com/india/they-we

  6. Sultan Muhammed Adil Shah of #Bijapur #Deccan with his #African Prime Minister Ikhlas Khan

    Ikhlas was from #Ethiopia #Africa who came to #India in c1600 CE
    Many of the immigrants who came from there rose to important positions in the courts of various courts of the #Indian Kingdoms.

    This c1660 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting is now at Los Angeles County #Museum of #Art

    #LACMA #IndianHistory #IndianHertitage #Artist #Histodons #History #Paintings #Museums #MastoArt #Heritage #Painting

  7. Around 50 #Paintings from #Museum Rietberg, Zurich will be available for public viewing from 20th Sept 2024 to 19th Jan 2025 at their exhibition "#Ragamala : Images for all Senses"

    Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) is the unique depiction of #IndianClassicalMusic in #Art forms

    Like this c1775 CE Todi #Ragini #Raga from #Golconda or #Bijapur in #Deccan #India

    #Museums #Painting #Music #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Heritage#Artist #Histodons #History #MastoArt #IndianCulture #Animals

  8. A mysterious c1610 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bijapur or #Golconda #Deccan #India whose ruler Ibrahim Adil Shah II was devoted to #Saraswati the Goddess of Knowledge, Learning, Wisdom & #Art and is often depicted riding a Swan

    On #SaraswatiPuja this painting from Toby Falk collection sold by Christies on 27th Oct.

    This day marks the beginning of Spring

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Hinduism #Religion #Hindu #MastoArt #Paintings

  9. Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of #Bijapur, #Deccan #India Riding his favourite #Elephant Atash Khan

    Attributed to artist Farrukh Beg, this c1600 CE #Deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting from the collection of Edith & Stuart Cary Welch (acquired by them from Sven Gahlin, 1975) was auctioned by Sotheby's on Oct 25, 2023 for £571,500

    Previously exhibited at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art #USA & #RietburgMuseum, #Zurich

    #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Museums #Heritage #Paintings #Animals #History

  10. #SufiThursday

    A Portrait of a #Sufi

    c1625 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bijapur #Deccan #India now at Metropolitan #Museum of #Art (The MET).

    This Holy Man is identified as a Sufi on account of his long-sleeved 'khirqa' cloak & Turban.

    The Sufis spent over 40 days in a year in isolation and wilderness (khalwa) to facilitate distraction-free meditation.

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Museums #Heritage #History #Islam #Muslim #Religion #Sufism

  11. After the heavy #DelhiRains water has seeped into the burroughs of #Reptiles, forcing many of them to come out.
    Yesterday a #Cobra was found lurking at #WilliamDalrymple farm at #Mehrauli #NewDelhi #Delhi

    So, a #MastoArt #Toot #Painting

    c1775 AD #Deccani #DeccaniSchool #Art #IndianMiniaturePainting of a 'maid removing a snake which unknowingly entered a palace as her bewildered lady watches anxiously'.

    From #Bijapur #Deccan #India now at British Library #London

    #IndianHeritage #Paintings

  12. An outstanding c1645 AD #Deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting with #Mughal influence of Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah of #Bijapur #Deccan #India & his #African Prime Minister Ikhlas Khan

    This #Painting from Howard Hodgkin collection now at Ashmolean Museum #UnitedKingdom is as much a Portrait of a Prized Royal #Elephant as of its Distinguished Riders.

    #AfricansInIndia #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #IndianMiniaturePaintings #DeccaniSchool of #Art
    #History #Heritage #Animals #IndianCulture