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  • Old Hindu man in contemplation, Peshawar, Pakistan. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick after Lieutenant James Rattray, c. 1847.
  • A four-armed Hindu deity holding an antelope and a vajra (?). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, left profile view, meditating outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A man tends a Hindu altar on a stepped dais, sheltered by a canopy. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Emperor Akbar but with his reluctant consent. Gouache.
  • Worship at a Hindu shrine, India. Coloured aquatint by Edward Orme and Joseph Constantine Stadler after Thomas Daniell, 1804.
  • Two Hindu musicians and a highly decorated cow with the symbol of Hanuman painted on its forehead. Gouache drawing.
  • The devout Hindu doth meat eschew, he'll live on milk and so could you / National Milk Publicity Council.
  • The devout Hindu doth meat eschew, he'll live on milk and so could you / National Milk Publicity Council.
  • Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and tigerskin. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic man (sadhu) with beads around his neck is carrying a begging jar and prayer beads. Watercolour.
  • Lord Krishna, a blue skinned Hindu deity dancing on a lotus. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with his right arm raised above his head. Drawing, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning and knowledge and the wife of Brahma. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Kartikeya, also called Murugan, Hindu god of war, standing in front of a peacock. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, and overgrown fingernails. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu ascetic is bathed and honoured by a seven women and Krishna. Chromolithograph by an Indian artist, 1800s.
  • A woman with plague being carried on a stretcher made from a slim branch into the Hindu Plague Hospital. Photograph, 1896/1897.
  • Two Hindu ascetics or holy men, one performing self-torture. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
  • Two Hindu ascetics or holy men, seated on a verandah by moonlight, listen to music played on a vina. Gouache painting.
  • Hindu priest, or brahmin, and assistants, singing to a seated audience, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • An old Hindu ascetic, or holy man, at Haridwar: seated, with a circular grating around his neck. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: walking, wearing a cap, loincloth, tigerskin and raised sandals (pattens). Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A rishi (Hindu teacher of mystical knowledge) with 'Vishnu' marks on his forehead and body. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A goat about to be beheaded as a Hindu ritual in honour of the goddess Kālī. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with withered left arm raised over his head, and overgrown fingernails. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Man playing a borung, a type of horn played at Hindu festivals, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: with a rod piercing his cheeks, and holding some ceremonial objects. Wood engraving, ca. 1890 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man at Srirangam Temple: sitting cross-legged on a mat. Process print after J. Pedder, ca. 1890.