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  • Shiva, the Hindu deity, seated in the lotus position on a deerskin. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu raja on a black horse. Painting by an Indian artist, 1800s.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, playing a tambourine. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Hooks, ropes and a lancet used by Hindu ascetics for self-torture. Engraving, 1798.
  • Banyan tree with Hindu temples at Agori, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • A Hindu ascetic hanging from hooks through his back (called "cetil"). Line engraving, 1791.
  • A Hindu ascetic hanging from hooks through his back (called "cetil"). Line engraving, 1791.
  • Rati, Hindu goddess of love, shooting arrows with her bow. Gouache painting an Indian artist.
  • Interior of a Hindu temple, Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.
  • Two fakirs, Hindu or Muslim mendicant monks, holding bells. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Three Hindu ascetics walking on burning embers. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • Hindu temple on the river Ganges, near Kara, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • A battle between animals, divs and Hindu deities. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1600.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, performing austerities outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man, at Haridwar: seated, holding a fan. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and sandals. Gouache painting.
  • Manmatha (Kamadeva), Hindu god of love, shooting arrows with his bow. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • India: exterior of the Hindu temple in the Kootub near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • India: interior of the Hindu temple in the Kootub near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • Hindu temples at Bindraban on the river Jumna, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795, after himself.
  • Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Hindu ascetic seated under a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • The cow as mother of the world: with pictures of Hindu deities all over its body. Coloured lithograph.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).
  • 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.