Images:

Map, Asia, c. 750 BC

Map, India

Buddha Preaching the First Sermon, Sarnath, tan sandstone, Gupta Dynasty, c. 465-85 AD

Maitreya or the Buddha of the Future, Tibet, gilt copper, 13th-14th century AD

Buddha, Paramartha Namasangiti manuscript, ink color and paper, c. 1200 AD

Interior view, Cave 19, Ajanta, stone, 462-500 AD

Market square, Bhaktapur (Bhadgaon)

Stupa, gilt copper and repousse, Late 17th c. AD

Tree Goddess, porch, doorway: upper left, Cave 4, Ajanta, stone, 462-500 AD

Vasudhara, gilt bronze, 18th c. AD

View from Southeast (front), Kandariya Mahadeo temple, Khajuraho, c. 1004-35 AD

Road to Burzahom, Kashmir

General view of tower, Kandariya Mahadeo temple, Khajuraho, c. 1004-35 AD

Southwest face, middle section of lower figural frieze showing Bhairava, Kandariya Mahadeo temple, Khajuraho, c. 1004-35 AD

Entrance porch (w. worshippers), Kandariya Mahadeo temple, Khajuraho, c. 1004-35 AD

Worship in the inner sanctum of Shiva temple (Yogini temple complex), Bheraghat, Madhya Presh, 11th c. AD

Exterior, general view, Taj Mahal, Agra, marble, Mughal period, 1631-43 AD

Exterior, Right wall, Taj Mahal, Agra, marble, Mughal period, 1631-43 AD

Tulip, Mansur, opaque watercolour, Mughal period, c. 1620 AD

Peafowl, Mansur, painting on paper, Mughal period, c. 1620 AD

Shah Jahan on the Peacock Throne, Attrib. to Govardhan, painting on paper, Mughal period, c. 1634-35 AD

Cup, carved from nephrite jade, Deccan or Mughal, c. mid-17th century AD

An Indian Dancing Girl with a Hookah, Tilly Kettle, oil on canvas, 1772 AD

Souvenir Painting: Woman Playing Music, Kalighat, W. Bengal, watercolor on paper, 19th c. AD