The 'Charpai' (Bed made of Jute strings) have been in use in India since the ancient times.
The #Charpai is very light, you can move it to your roof or in the sun to sit or sleep on.
The best use of a Charpai is having #ChaiPeCharcha with friends or family. ☕🛌

H.H Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh and Rani Prem Kaur of Kapurthala in 1907.

Princesa Kapurthala Punjabi Rooh

When gas lighting first appeared in India, it was of great excitement for common people. Every evening a man would come and manually light each lamp.

Street gas light being lit, Calcutta, 1930's.💡

Reminds me the story 'Panchlight', by Phanishwar Nath Renu. 📖

Bathers at the Golden Temple (Detail)
Punjab, mid-19th c
Toor Collection
In the Ranjit Singh exhibition at Wallace Collection

Via Andrew Topsfield / FB

#EidAlFitr #EidMubarak to all those celebrating today with this unique c1800 'Mechanical Quran' into which all the 114 chapters of the #Quran fit onto the narrow surface of the scroll.

Gifted by the Nawab of the Carnatic to King George IV & now at Royal Collection Trust

Rana Safvi رعنا राना Yusuf A Ahmad Ansari یوسف انصاری

শত ফুল বিকশীত হোক,যত আগাছা নির্মুল হোক
Let light and humanity be #Eidmubarak2024 Will wish tomorrow too 😊
Flowering plants with orange blossoms ca. 1700 India, SDMA William Dalrymple ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Rana Safvi رعنا राना Zeb Bilal Fatima Zahra Hassan (Zahra) Hamad Hammad H Rind حماد حسن رند
#EidAlFitr #Flowers #art #history

One of the most beautiful Painting of Vithoba or Vitthala I've seen so far.🥰
A form of Vishṇu worshipped at Pandharpur in Maharashtra. The current temple at Pandharpur is one of the oldest temple in Maharashtra.
British Museum

The last of the month long miniature paintings across schools with #Sufi themes.
A resting dervish, Persia, Safavid, Isfahan, circa 1620-40, Sotheby's
William Dalrymple ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Rana Safvi رعنا राना Zeb Bilal Fatima Zahra Hassan (Zahra)
#art #history #culture #mysticism #Iran

Ram-Sabha | রাম সভা
(Ram and Sita surrounded by his Lakshman, Bharat, Satrughna, with Hanuman and Jambavan below)

Gouache on paper pasted on board, 19th century
Dutch-Bengal / French-Bengal school (Painted by an artist from the Chinsurah or Chandannagar area)

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Guru Nanak Sahib Ji in Kurukshetra it was the day of #solar #eclipse .
Guru Nanak sat and started singing Kirtan. Mardana played the rubab, Nanak singing. Indian legend:an #eclipse occurs as demon Rahu Ketu covers Sun rays. Nanak: all is superstition. Naam is real. Punjabi Rooh

'Be dangerous, darling, for the whole world rises and falls at your feet.'
— Mav Skye

Mohini (Vishnu´s female avatar) by Mahaveer Swami. 🖌️🎨
#SolarEclipse 🌑🌒🌓🌚

Krishna with his family (Nanda holds Balarama, while an enthroned Yashoda lifts up Krishna)
Folio from a Bhagavata Purana
Nurpur, Punjab Hills, ca 1710
Gouache and gold on paper
Currently at the Aga Khan Museum

Mughal Paintings that were part of Nadir Shah's loot in 1739.

1. Shahjahan entering his palace in Burhanpur.
By Abid, 1630-1631.
2. Aurangzeb in a Shaft of Light.
By Hunhar, ca. 1660.

Both currently at Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art .

Drawing of the Tombstone of Shah Jahan
#Agra , ca. 1820
Gouache on paper
Possibly for an EIC patron
Inscribed: No 3 The Middle
Currently at the Aga Khan Museum

Such a beautiful 18th Century miniature portrait of a woman from Iran. San Diego Museum of Art .

Irony is that, it's from the same place & culture where today a woman can't go outside without her head uncovered.

A thread on how Maharaja Ranjit Singh treated a Christian missionary in his territory.

In June of 1832, Rev. Joseph Wolff arrived in Lahore to proclaim the message of Christ. He was on a mission to save “heathens,” a mission that would put him face to face with the Maharaja.

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5th Was looking for #angel themed miniature paintings,here's a magical one! A gathering of angels on a terrace,possibly an illustration of a Falnama subject, #Deccan , Golconda/Bidar, India,early 18thC . Sotheby's William Dalrymple ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Rana Safvi رعنا राना Zeb Bilal #culture #art #history

Purkhu
Purkhu, The friend urges Radha to abandon her pride, ca. 1820. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection. San Diego Museum of Art Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ Hemant William Dalrymple Punjabi Rooh Hrithik Swatantra فاطمة smg Indian Art

This is what happens when Govt. imposes censorship. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

Nawab Wajid Ali Shah:-
Pic 1: Original
Pic 2: Censored version Salar Jung Museum .