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Enthroned Vishnu
India
second half of the 8th–early 9th century

Hanuman Conversing
India (Tamil Nadu)
11th century

Vishnu Venkateshvara, Lord of Tirupati
Tirupati School, South India
late 18th century

Krishna Rajagopalaswamy, king of the cowherds
Tirupati School, South India
late 18th century

Child Saint Sambandar
India, Tamil Nadu
late 11th century

Vaikuntha Vishnu
India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
last quarter of the 8th century

Linga with Face of Shiva (Ekamukhalinga)
India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
7th century

Processional image of the goddess Gauri
South India, Karnataka
ca. 18th century

Shiva Seated with Uma (Umamaheshvara)
India (Bihar)
10th century

Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Shaiva Saint
India (Tamil Nadu)
ca. late 13th century

Garuda (Vishnu's Mount) Seated in Royal Ease
India, Tamil Nadu
second half of the 8th–early 9th century

Ganesha
India, Tamil Nadu
12th century

Standing Parvati
Indian (Tamil Nadu)
ca. first quarter of the 10th century

Palni, South India
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1950

Chakra-Purusha, the Personified Discus Weapon of Vishnu
India (Tamil Nadu)
10th–early 11th century

Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana
India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)
ca. 1650

Shiva, Uma, and Their Son Skanda (Somaskandamurti)
India (Tamil Nadu)
early 11th century

Dagger (Katar)
South Indian, Mughal
18th century

Celestial dancer (Devata)
Central India, Madhya Pradesh
mid-11th century

Plaque with a Dancer and a Vina Player
India
1st century BCE

Yashoda with the Infant Krishna
India (Tamil Nadu, Pudukkottai and Tanjavur districts)
early 12th century

Kedara Raga: ascetics making music; from a Ragamala series
India, Arki, Baghal, Himachal Pradesh
late 17th century

Mirror Handle with a Woman Playing the Lute
India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
6th–7th century

Four-Armed Goddess, possibly Sarada
India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
late 9th century

Hanging depicting a European conflict in South India
Indian, Coromandel Coast, for British market
before 1763

Jyeshtha Flanked by Her Children
India (Tamil Nadu)
9th–10th century

Vajrapani
India (Kashmir)
late 6th–7th century

Bhadrakali, Destroyer of the Universe, from the Tantric Devi series
India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli
ca. 1660–70

Shiva Embracing His Consort, Uma (Alinganamurti)
India (Tamil Nadu)
late 11th century

Rama Releases the Demon Spies Shuka and Sarana: Folio from the Siege of Lanka series
Manaku
ca. 1725

Shiva as Vanquisher of the Three Cities (Shiva Tripuravijaya)
India, Tamil Nadu
ca. 1000–1020

Nāgasvaram
Indian (south)
late 19th century

Ring stone with goddesses and aquatic plants
Northern India
3rd–late 2nd century BCE

Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India. Second series : Kincobs, Nos. 401 to 458
John Forbes Watson
1873–80

Śankh
Indian
19th century

Footed Bowl and Plate
first half 18th century

Ganesha
India (South India)
17th–18th century

Figure of Ganesha
India (South India)
16th–17th century

Krishna
India (South India, Madras?)
18th–19th century

Standing Vishnu
India (South India, Bombay?)
18th–19th century