Fig. 14: Mission, Kanu Bhagdev, novel cover.

Urdu advertisement of gramophone players, full page, magazine or catalogue, Proprietor Ilmi Jantari Korswan, Kanpur. Circa 1930.

Fig. 24: Sample calendar of the Taj Mahal c. mid-20th century From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 21: Calendar showing Akbar and his Nine Jewels (Nav Ratan). Currimbhoy Ebrahim Sons, Limited 1927-28. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 18: Postcard of Akbars tomb labeled: The tomb of Akbar the Great Alias Sikandra, Agra. Built by the Emperor Jahangir in 1605 A.D. c. 1900-30. H.A. Mirza and Sons. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 14: Stereoview of the Jami Mosque, Delhi Underwood and Underwood North American and Britain, 1903 Collection of Sujata Ray and Atreyee Gupta.

Fig. 10: Lobby card from the 1964 film Jahan Ara (dir. Vinod Kumar) From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 16: Postcard showing the riverside exterior of Akbars Red Fort at Agra with interior structures built by Shah Jahan, labeled: Summan Burj, Jahangir Mahal, Khas Mahal etc. from the river side Agra. Built by the Akbar the Great in 1599 A.D. c. 1900-30. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Fig. 25: Cover of The Taj Mahal is a Temple Palace by P.N. Oak, 3rd. edition, revised, Delhi: Institute for Rewriting Indian History (the first edition was titled: The Taj Mahal was a Hindu Temple (1968). Photograph: Catherine and Frederick Asher.

PRICE RE 0.06, N.T.R., RANGA MATCH WORKS, THAYALPATTI, Printed matchbox labels, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.027.001]

SAFETY MATCHES. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.038.017]
 

Fig. 39: Alauddin Khilji muses on the beauty of Padmini, even as he is warned about the valour of the Rajputs. Panels from Manoj Chitra Katha’s Gora Badal (c. early 1980s).
Artist: Ram Waeerkar.

Fig. 38: The threat to the pure Hindu woman. Panel from Amar Chitra Katha’s Padmini (1973). Artist: Ram Waeerkar.

Fig. 28: The baby Ganesh rests in a Yoni, as Shiva looks on. (Artist: M.Baskar, Publisher: Brijbasi, Delhi).

Fig. 16: Welcome. Hindi film actress Madhuri Dixit with flowers and lamp.  (Artist and Publisher unknown)