We talk about the Ajanta, Ellora, Kanheri, Bhaja, Bhedse but not about the Trirashmi Caves of Nashik, a group of 23 Cave Viharas (1st century BCE) patronised by Sātavāhanas, Western Satraps & local Jain Kings!

Here's Pandavleni & Gautamiputra Satakarni Vihara & its monsoon view!

#TrevorNoah Trevor Noah great show tonight in SD #California best jokes about #bangalore gig and #NewDelhi

Thunderstorm in #Delhi
Many of us got caught in the rain.

A girl flees to her house during the storm & is received by an older woman in this c1760 CE #Mughal painting of Madhu Madhavi #Ragini from a #Ragamala now at V&A

#Delhi Rain

William Dalrymple ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Art Historian* 🇮🇳

Again somebody tell me why there are so many high profile tourists flocking to ancient India? 😑

What is this typical Chynese man doing deep south in the Great Pallavan Court 😒

We're taught that some Tang King Xuanzong or whatever requested Pallava Emperor Narasimhavarman II..

Today we celebrate the #BaisakhiFestival a Spring Harvest Celebration Marking the Beginning of Indian Solar New Year & Establishment of the #Sikh #Khalsa sect in 1699 CE.

So, this c1825 #CompanyPainting from #Bengal of a 'Foxtail Millet', an Asian staple crop, sold by Sotheby's

The 3rd Khanda of Vishnudharmottara Purana, a 5th century text has a chapter called Chitrasutra which is one of the source books of ancient Indian art! It talks about Pratima Lakshana, Roopbheda, Bhava Sadrishya, Lavanya Yojana(aesthetic composition!

Lavanya is a Sanskrit word!

Ever wondered why we have lava flows & volcanoes in East Africa? In under 90 seconds I explain the East African Rift System 😅💪🏾

An exhibition ' #Raga mala : Images for all Senses' opens at #MuseumRietberg on Sept 20, 2024 & will have about 50 works of #Art on display like this c1756 CE Painting from Malpura #Rajasthan evoking #Raga Madhu Madhavi

#Rsgini Dr Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺 William Dalrymple Art Historian* 🇮🇳

Ready, steady, GO!

The Palace of Empress Prabhavatigupta

This is the famous 1650 years old Mansar Archeological Site or Vaakatak Palace Complex, identified as Pravarapura named after Prabhavatigupta's son, Pravarasena. An extensive Hindu temple complex & idols of Hindu deities have been unearthed.

An archeological study in 2023 discovered 8th century Hindu & Buddhist-influenced sculptures in Mizoram!
Today Hindus constitute 2.5% of Mizoram population with the Christian state giving no minority rights to them! The..

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Astronomical Rahu & his shadow entity Ketu whose head was cut off by #Vishnu for drinking the Elixir of Gods caused a #SolarEclipse yesterday by devouring the Sun to replace his lost head
Our apologies!
c1825 CE #CompanyPainting of 'Headless Rahu' from #Patna now British Museum

The Naneghat Cave famed for its maginificent inscription commissioned by Sātavāhana Empress Nayanika, 70 BCE

Vedic Gods like Dharma, Indra, Chandra & Surya are mentioned here. The mention of Samkarsana(Balarama) & Vasudeva(Krishna) indicate the prevalence of Bhagavata tradition.

ईर्ष्या, the Envy of the Moon!

Bombastic side eye! 😄

Viśvantara Jātaka, Ajanta Cave 16, India, 476 CE

I wanted to correct myself that it was Varāhadēva, the Buddhist minister of Vaakatak Emperor Harisena who was the benefactor of Ajanta! The Vaakataks were Shaivite Brahmins!

The solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, played a crucial role in proving Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. British astronomer Arthur Eddington observed the eclipse from the island of Príncipe off the coast of West Africa. He photographed the positions of stars near the…

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

Good gracious! The amount of Mithuna sculptures we have found from 200 BCE Chandraketugarh, it does feel like the work of Kamasutra had begun quite earlier!

As Vatsayana also notifies in the beginning that all his information is a distillation of many ancient treatises written..

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Today is #WorldHealthDay2024
Therefore this c1680 CE #Pahari art from #Basohli #Jammu or #Nurpur #HimachalPradesh of 'Royal Wrestlers' evoking #Raga Malawa #Raga mala from Ashmolean Museum on view The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition 'Indian Skies: Howard Hodgkin Colln of Indian Court Paintings'

Silver Coins of Western Satrap King Nahapāna, Re-struck by Sātavāhana Emperor Gautamīputra Śātakarni (what a stylish mark of victory) & they have found more than 8000 such coins!

The 200 YEARS WAR b/w Western Satrap & Sātavāhanas for the control of Indian Ocean Trade Network!...