Fig. 01: ‘Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before’ by B. Verma, The Tribune, Lahore, 25 April 1947, p. 4. Courtesy British Library, London.

Fig. 26: Jhansi ki Rani, offset chromolithograph, published by J.B. Khanna, Chennai, c. 2010.

Fig. 19: Chhatrapati Shivaji (Ghodepar), by B.G. Sharma, chromolithograph, published by Sharma Picture Publication, c. 1955.

Fig. 12: Maharana Pratap of Udaipur, by Hiralal, offset chromolithograph, published by Haranarayan and Sons, Jodhpur, 1933.

Fig. 05: The Gleaners (Des Glaneuses), by Jean-Francois Millet, 1857, oil on canvas. Public Domain.

Fig. 59: Ranveer Singh’s gender-fluid style at two occasions.
https://scoopwhoop.com/ranveer-singh-redefining-masculinity/

Fig. 52: Deepika Padukone as the Rajput queen in Padmaavat (Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2018). https://pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/padmaavat-deepika-padukones-midriff-gets-covered-ghoomar-song-courtesy-cbfc-395992#

Fig. 46: Poster of Vasavadatta. Publisher not mentioned, 1951. From the author’s personal collection.

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. 50: A glimpse in the mirror. Panel from the Chitra Bharati Series comic-book Chittod ka Chiragh (early 1980s). Artist: A.S. Chitrak.

Fig. 31: Frontispiece to Freedom’s Battle, 1942–1945, illustrated and compiled by Vithalbhai K. Jhaveri, Bombay, 1947.

RACE HORSE. (Also in Hindi Translation). 50's PRICE 13 PS. COMICO POLACHI. INANGAM MATCH WORKS. MAKKINAMPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.293.004]

PASSING SHOW SAFETY MATCHES, K. M. CO. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.239.001]

Gandhi by Wadilal, c. 1947, Offset and silkscreen, 21.5 x 28 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

M. Gandhi Jeevani (life history of M. Gandhi) by Laksmilal Nandilal, Nathdwara, c. 1950, Hemchander Bhargava & Co., 22.5 x 32 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#264]