Genre: black-and-white photographs / Collection: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides / Repository: American Institute of Indian Studies, Center for Art and Archaeology, Gurugram, Haryana, India - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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:: The illustration shows a portrait of Raja Balwant Singh of Jammu. Balwant Singh is dressed in yellow chinese mandarin robe covered with a design of dragons. The Takri inscription in gold on the top reads "Taswir Raja Balwant Singh urandhat dai baratha. Haran agalana" which means "Portrait of Raja Balwant Singh when he was seated on the verandah. The attendant Haran is standing in front."
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: The illustration shows the story of an ascetic (fakir) who saves a darvesh from punishment.
Date:: April 1988
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides

Description:: The illustration shows the story of an ass who escapes from a sick lion.
Date:: April 1988
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dharmpal Nanda
Collection:: AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides