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Description:: This is folio 66 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Sumantra relating Rama's message to Dasharatha (top); morose citizens (bottom).
Date:: December 1977
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: This is folio 36 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Dasharatha with Minister Sumantra (top); Rama taking leave of the citizens (bottom).
Date:: December 1977
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: This is folio 53 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows the trio on its way (top); people gathering to see Rama and paying homage (bottom).
Date:: December 1977
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: This is folio 60 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows a scene in Citrakuta where tigers, elephants, deers etc. roam together.
Date:: December 1977
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: This illustration shows Lokesvara, which is the Sanskrit name for Avalokitesvara, who is one of the most revered and beloved bodhisattvas in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. He is associated with compassion and the protection of all sentient beings.
Date:: November 1966
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dayasaran
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: This collection includes digitized negatives created by field experts and professional photographers during research surveys between 1966 and 1990. The images document heritage buildings in various Indian states (Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, etc) that are decayed, damaged, or inaccessible. Also included are images of rare terracotta sculptures unearthed in excavations conducted at archaeological sites in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka, and a collection of miniature paintings commissioned by Mughal and Rajput patrons during the 16th to the 19th centuries in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.

Description:: This is folio 4 from the Balakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows homage to saints, Surya, Soma, Agni and asuras.
Date:: December 1977
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: This is folio 45 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows boatman (kewat) washing Rama's feet (top); the trio on boat (center); Rama worshipping Shivalinga, and offering his ring to Kewat.
Date:: December 1977
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: This is folio 67 from the Ayodhyakanda chapter of the Ramcharit Manas manuscript. The illustration shows Dasharatha falling down on hearing Sumantra's words, queens bewailing; citizens in deep sorrow (bottom).
Date:: December 1977
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

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