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Crafts • Memorials of The Jeypore Exhibition 1883-Volume-I • Textiles and Dress of Gujarat • Temple Potters of Puri Handmade in Indi• a

Photography • Photography and The Delhi Coronation Durbar of 1877, 1903 and 1911 • Ootacamund • Camera Chronicles of Homai Vyarawalla • The Marshall Albums The Artful Pose•

Contemporary Art Rooted Landscapes•

Painting South Indian Paintings• The Indian Portrait 1560-1860•

Architecture Poppo Pingle• Le Corbusier•

Heritage Mosques of Cochin• Sacred Spaces•

Museum Catalogues National Gallery of Modern Art• Albert Hall Museum•

Children’s Books How The Firefly Got Its Light• Adventures of Rama • Captured in Miniatur• e The Kidnapping of Amir Hamza• Rajah-King of the Jungle• Monkey Tales•

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Memorials of The Jeypore Exhibition 1883 – Volume I

T. H. Hendley

With introductory notes by Asha Singh

The Jeypore Exhibition of 1883 was regarded as among the most important industrial exhibitions of 19th century, where specimen of the best art work of India was curated. Credited to the arduous efforts of Thomas Holbein Hendley, a British officer in the princely state of Jaipur, the Exhibition was primarily an attempt to showcase local skills.

A permanent ‘memorial’ of the Exhibition was produced as a four-part set of illustrated volumes, authored by Hendley and commissioned by the visionary Maharaja of Jaipur. The first volume contained a number of chromolithographs and a general description of the plates in the first three books of the set. The second and third volumes contained 100 photographs of Indian art work, while Volume IV also included reproductions in platinum of the illustrations of Emperor Akbar’s own copy of the Razmnama, the Persian epic. Published by W.H. Griggs, some sets were presented to leading museums of the world, and very few copies were sold.

This facsimile edition of a rare copy of Volume I, preserved at Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur is now published to recreate those splendours documented by Hendley, for modern-day scholars and connoisseurs.

“The publication is justified by the large attendance [to the Jeypore Exhibition], which reached nearly a quarter of a million; by the number, rarity, and artistic value of the contributions; and by the great interest shown by all classes in the undertaking.”

—from Preface of Volume I

168 pages, 68 colour and b&w illustrations10 x 14” (254 x 355 mm), hc

ISBN: 978-81-89995-54-6 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-935677-14-7 (Grantha)

` 7500 | US$ 175 | UK£ 125Copublished with

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New and Recent Backlist Living Traditions in Indian ArtMuseum of Sacred Art

Edited by Martin Gurvich, with a scholarly essay by Tryna Lyons

Featuring a diverse and richly illustrated testament to contemporary Indian devotional art, this catalogue presents an extensive and unique collection by traditional artists who have translated their creative impulses into beautiful pieces that express a personal expression of divinity.

An extensive and growing collection is now housed at the Museum of Sacred Art in Belgium; curated so that visitors could experience and learn the cultural roots of Vaishnava art and its connection to the broader world of Hindu philosophy.

The catalogue unveils the living traditions of this genre as well as documents a concerted effort to preserve this special art form that continues to be subject to the fast paced modernisation of India.

The collection focuses on works by Indian artists and includes devotional paintings by ISKCON artists. A few works from Nepal, Tibet, Thailand and Indonesia are also a part of it—representatives of the spiritual and cultural connection that these places have had with India in the past.

Supported with insightful contributions on the history of this art, the art itself and its artists, the catalogue’s larger purpose is to both address and support the revival of interest in spiritual art among the academic community, art lovers and the general public.

Martin Gurvich is the founder and director of the Museum of Sacred Art. He is a member of the executive board of Radhadesh, the largest Hindu temple in Belgium, and is the general secretary of the Hindu Forum of Belgium and the Hindu Forum of Europe.

Tryna Lyons is a Seattle-based art historian with degrees from the University of California in Berkeley, and the American University of Paris. Her book on the Nathadwara painters of Rajasthan, The Artists of Nathadwara, was published in 2004 by Mapin Publishing in association with Indiana University Press.

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19 | Lakshmi Lustrated by Elephants (Gaja-Lakshmi)Page from an illustrated manuscript of the DasamahavidyaNorthern India, Punjab Hills, probably Guler; c. 1800–1825Opaque watercolor and gold on paper7 / x 4 / in (18.5 x 12 cm)Museum Rietberg, Zurich. Former collection of Alice Boner, RVI 1384

Lakshmi is worshipped on her own, in both

Vaishnava and non-Vaishnava contexts, as the goddess

of abundance and good fortune. She appears to have her

origins in the fertility traditions that existed alongside

Vedism in ancient India. To this day she is considered one

of Hinduism’s most approachable deities, along with the

elephant-headed Ganesha.

The image of Lakshmi being bathed by elephants,

or Gaja-Lakshmi, is of very ancient origin; it appeared in

stone around 100 BCE and in terracotta possibly even

earlier. Water is a precious element in India, where rain

does not fall for eight months straight, and it is intrinsically

tied to fertility and well-being. Elephants are gray and heavy

like rain clouds, a comparison found often in South Asian

literature, so the image of elephants pouring water appears

to be closely tied to the monsoon, the great season of rebirth

in India. The pouring of water is also a ritual act in South

Asian culture, a gesture of homage and accommodation, as

seen in the Vamana avatar story.

This lively depiction of Gaja-Lakshmi shows the

goddess seated on a low throne surrounded by golden

vessels in an altar-like setting. She holds a blooming lotus

in each of her upper hands; the lotus is a water plant, so

while it typically represents transcendence it can also refer

to the earthly blessings that come with plentiful moisture.

Behind Lakshmi is a wall of cloth of the sort used in India

for temporary encampments and special events, and

behind that is a group of jolly elephants holding traditional

brass water jars in their trunks. One of the most engaging

aspects of this painting is the artist’s placement of the

group in a recognizable, earthly setting. Here the elephants

have to reach over the wall to pour their water, a slightly

transgressive act, whereas most depictions of Gaja-Lakshmi

show the elephants floating in the air above the goddess or

swimming in the great primordial ocean around her.

This painting comes from a series depicting the ten

Tantric Mahavidya goddesses, of whom a golden-skinned

form of Lakshmi, known as Kamala, is the tenth. She is

shown with a crescent moon in her crown. The moon

emerged from the churning of the ocean, just as Lakshmi

did, therefore the moon is considered Lakshmi’s brother.

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14 | Lakshmi-NarayanaNorthern India, Rajasthan; 10th centurySandstone; 46 x 23 x 11 in (116.8 x 58.4 x 27.9 cm)Brooklyn Museum. Purchase Gift of the Charles Bloom Foundation, Inc., 86.191

Images of the gods paired with their consorts often

appear on the exterior walls of northern Indian temples.

These divine couples are posed in very affectionate or even

erotic embrace. Their delight in one another can be read

both literally—showing us that the gods can be playful and

lusty much like humans—or symbolically—representing

the ideal balance and unity of various abstract concepts and

qualities associated with male and female.

This image of Vishnu and Lakshmi is unusual in

that the goddess is approximately the same size as the god.

Where couples are so equally represented, they are to be

worshipped together, as two halves of a whole. The image is

also noteworthy because both god and goddess are standing

in tribhanga, the swaying posture used frequently for other

gods but only very rarely for Vishnu, who is almost always

depicted standing straight. Vishnu’s lower left arm has broken

off, but we can see the remnants of his fingers touching the

underside of Lakshmi’s breast. The couple exchanges loving

glances; this is also somewhat unusual because in most

icons the gods return the gaze of the worshipper.

The iconography of this stele is complex but

decipherable. At the apex is a small figure of Vishnu seated

in meditation. At either side of the arch are unnamed flying

figures, two of them preparing to lustrate (pour dedicatory

water on) the couple below. In the small frames at left and

right are bearded Brahma with his water pot and a figure

that is probably Shiva, although his attributes are too eroded

to read easily. Running down the sides are the ten avatars of

Vishnu. At the very top, quite small and almost impossible

to discern, are Matsya the fish on our left and Kurma the

turtle on our right. Beneath them are two unnamed flywhisk

bearers, two griffinlike creatures, and two elephants. Beneath

these on our left are the squat figure of Vamana the dwarf and,

beneath him, Rama, with bow and arrow. Across from them

on our right are snake-hooded Balarama and Parashurama,

his axe only visible from the side. Flanking the couple on the

columns are Varaha the boar on our left and Narasimha the

man-lion on our right. Beneath them are the larger figures

of Vishnu’s personified weapons, the conch on our left and

the chakra on our right. In front of the weapons are more

avatars on the outside—the Buddha with a manuscript at

our right and Kalki on his horse on our left—while Vishnu’s

mount Garuda (damaged but identifiable because his legs

are in the flying stance) salutes the couple from our left and

Bhu Devi, the earth goddess, stands to our right. Bhu Devi

often appears in images of Lakshmi-Narayana, and as we

will see in catalogue 15 and 16, she frequently appears on

equal footing with the other goddess. At the base of the

sculpture were images of two kneeling devotees and two

groups of nagas or snake deities. �

15 | Vishnu with His ConsortsEastern India, West Bengal, or Bangladesh; Pala period, 11th centuryBronze; 16 / x 6 / x 5 / in (41.9 x 16.8 x 13 cm)Private collection

Vishnu Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior

Edited by Joan Cummins, with contributions from Doris Meth Srinivasan, Leslie C. Orr, Cynthia Packert, Joan Cummins and Neeraja Poddar

Vishnu—Hinduism’s most important and powerful deity— is the great Preserver, vanquishing those who seek to destroy the balance of the universe. For his followers he is also the Creator and the Destroyer, the cause of all existence. His many traits are embodied in his impressive physical form, the weapons he carries, the goddesses who are his consorts, and the eagle Garuda, on whom he flies down from heaven. In Hindu legend, Vishnu descends to earth in many manifestations, known as avatars, to fight powerful demons and to save his devotees. The avatars range in form from Varaha the boar to Parashurama the Brahmin warrior, and in character from Narasimha the ferocious half-man half-lion, to Krishna the charismatic prince-cowherd.

The legends of Vishnu have inspired some of the greatest art, literature, and ritual traditions in India. This catalogue examines the many faces of Vishnu and the ways that the god has been represented, from antiquity to the present.

Essays by noted historians of South Asian art delve deeply into the regional and sectarian traditions of Vishnu worship in India. Illustrations and discussions of almost 200 works of art, in a wide range of media and borrowed from collections around the world, reveal the rich diversity of India’s art and religious culture.

Joan Cummins is the Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum. She has lectured and published widely on the fields of Indian painting and Hindu temple art. Doris Meth Srinivasan is a scholar of Indian art and history. She has published extensively on Hindu iconography and early religious Gandhara and Mathura art. Leslie Orr is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Concordia University and a scholar of religion and women in south India. Cynthia Packert is Professor and Chair of the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Middlebury College and recently published a book on Krishna worship. Neeraja Poddar is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University.

296 pages, 230 colour illustrations10 x 11.5” (254 x 292 mm), hc

ISBN: 978-81-89995-48-5 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-935677-08-6 Grantha)


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288 pages, 119 sepia photographs, 10 drawings and a map

9.45 x 10.8” (240 x 275 mm), hcISBN: 978-81-89995-32-4 (Mapin)

ISBN: 978-1-890206-45-1 (Grantha)` 3500 | US$ 75 | UK£ 45

Copublished with The Alkazi Collection of Photography

September 2010 | World Rights

The Marshall AlbumsPhotography and Archaeology

Edited by Sudeshna Guha, with contributions from Michael Dodson, Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Robert Harding, Christopher Pinney and B D Chattopadhyaya

Drawing on the photographic albums in the personal collection of Sir John Marshall, Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902–1928, this volume is a study exploring multiple perceptions of Indian history and related scholarship produced through archaeological fieldwork during the colonial period.

While maintaining focus on Marshall’s contributions to South Asian archaeology, the themes of the essays include the rise of archaeology as an authoritative element for historical scholarship during the 18th and 19th centuries, the preservation of monuments and historical landscapes, and the complex relationships between photography and archaeology. The book highlights major sites such as Sanchi, Sarnath, Mohenjodaro and Taxila—often referred to as Marshall’s archaeological triumphs.

With over 100 illustrations and an extensive bibliography, this volume offers a detailed account of the investigative technique that developed into a commanding disciplinary science—archaeology—within British India.

Sudeshna Guha is Affiliate Lecturer in South Asian History at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in Cambridge (UK). Michael Dodson is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington. Tapati Guha-Thakurta is Professor of History at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata. Christopher Pinney is Professor of Anthropology and Visual Culture at University College London. Robert Harding is an archaeologist and Senior Research Fellow for the ‘Civilisations In Contact’ research project, Cambridge. B D Chattopadhyaya is a retired Professor of History at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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New and Recent Backlist Photography and The Delhi Coronation Durbars of 1877, 1903 and 1911

Edited by Julie F. Codell, with contributions from Benjamin Cohen, Deepali Dewan, Jim Masselos, Saloni Mathur, Christopher Pinney, Gita Rajan, James Ryan, Julie F. Codell

This volume explores how photography represented, idealized and publicized the Delhi Coronation Durbars, occasions marking the formal coronations of English monarchs as empress and emperors of India: Victoria in 1877, Edward VII in 1903 and George V in 1911. Formally schematized and instituted by the Viceroys of India—Lytton, Curzon and Hardinge—the Durbars were the first examples of the aestheticisation of imperial politics and the inscription of the Raj in a celebratory history that served to legitimate colonial presence.

Lasting several weeks, each lavish occasion was imaged and described in photographs (cartes-de-visite as well as private, popular and commissioned photos), paintings, press illustrations, illustrated souvenirs, memoirs, photo albums and films.

The essays in this volume focus on semiotics of image and the role of Durbar photographs in visually rendering the complexities of colonial logic, the scopic regimes of surveillance and spectacle, and the pivotal ideologies and hyperbolic fantasies of a subjugated ‘Orient’ promoted by the imperial administrations to justify British rule in India.

Julie F. Codell is Professor of Art History at Arizona State University, and affiliate in Asian Studies, English, Film and Media Studies, and Women’s Studies. Benjamin Cohen is Associate Professor of History at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Deepali Dewan is the Curator of South Asian Art at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. Jim Masselos is an Honorary Reader in History at the University of Sydney. Saloni Mathur is Associate Professor of Art History at The University of California, Los Angeles. Christopher Pinney is Professor of Anthropology and Visual Culture at University College London. Gita Rajan is Professor of English at Fairfield University. James R. Ryan is Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus). Nicola Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Exeter.

288 pages, 116 sepia photographs9.45 x 10.8” (240 x 275 mm), hc



The Alkazi Collection of PhotographyFebruary 2011 | World Rights

PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE DELHI CORONATION DURBARS

OF 1877, 1903 AND 1911

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Camera Chronicles of Homai Vyarawalla

Sabeena Gadihoke

232 pages, 54 colour & 450 duatone photographs

9 x 9” (229 x 229 mm), pb with gate-foldISBN: 978-81-89995-46-1 (Mapin)

ISBN: 978-1-935677-07-9 (Grantha)Copublished with

National Gallery of Modern Art, Alkazi Foundation for the Arts and Parzor Foundation

` 1500 | US$ 35 | UK£ 25November 2010 | World Rights

RESIZED AND REPRINT EDITION

88 pages, 57 sepia photographs9.5 x 10.75” (241 x 273 mm), pb with gate-fold


Copublished with The Alkazi Collection of Photography and

Dr Bhau Lad Mumbai City Museum ` 1200 | US$ 35 | UK£ 25

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The Artful PoseEarly Studio Photography in Mumbai ~ c. 1855–1940

Essays by Partha Mitter, Rahaab Allana, Akshaya Tankha and Suryanandini Sinha. Foreword by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta

The story of Homai Vyarawalla’s life and her work spans an entire century of Indian history. India’s first woman photojournalist, Homai photographed the last days of the British Empire and her work traces the birth and growth of a new nation. She was the only professional woman photojournalist in India during her time. Her survival in a male dominated field is all the more significant because the profession continues to exclude most women even today. This book acknowledges her role as a pioneer among women and her contribution to early photojournalism in India. She was recently honoured with the first National Photo Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Government of India.

Sabeena Gadihoke teaches Video and Television Production at the Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. She is also an independent documentary filmmaker and cameraperson.

A chornicle of history seen through pictures taken by a photojournalist who’s mostly as unobtrusive as a fly on the wall. —Outlook

A tribute to the history and evolution of early studio photography in India… —The Hindu

Drawn from the remarkable Alkazi Collection of Photography, this book traces the arrival, dissemination and development of photography in Bombay between the mid-19th and early- 20th century. Photography arrived in Mumbai as early as 1840, via trade, as well as through European explorers and government officials and the city quickly grew to be one of the largest centres of photography’s patronage and dissemination in India.

The British recorded and documented the various castes and tribes of India, using the medium of photography. This gradually led to the experimentation with portraiture and performance in numerous studios. This book uses enduring images of families, events and landscapes to examine the work of the early Indian photographers Shapoor Bhedwar, Dr. Narayan Daji and S. Hormusji, and independent firms such as Bourne & Shepherd, to highlight the trends that dominated the early years of photography in India.

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192 pages, 160 Illustrations11 x 9” (280 x 229 mm), hc


` 2000 | US$ 65 | UK£ 40December 2010 | World Rights

OotacamundA Photographic Record by A. T. W. Penn: 1865–1911

Christopher Penn

Ootacamund: A Photographic Record by A. T. W. Penn: 1865–1911 covers the life and work of a leading photographer, A T W Penn, who lived and worked in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu (then the Presidency of Madras) from 1865 to 1911. Penn’s photographs provide a valuable historical record of the people and countryside of the Nilgiris and major events and calamities such as the great famine of 1877– 1878. His photographs of the indigenous people of India and the aboriginal tribes of the Nilgiri Hills have been well known and are held in all the principal international photographic collections.

Written by his great-grandson, the text is illustrated with photographs from public photographic collections and the author’s personal collection.

Christopher Penn is the director of various companies and charitable organizations. The discovery of a letter in December 2000 led Christopher Penn to research the life and work of his great-grandfather Albert Thomas Watson Penn (1849–1924).

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256 pages, 227 colour illustrations, 10 x 11.5” (254 x 292 mm), hc


` 2500 | US$ 65 | UK£ 40 September 2010 | World Rights

Rooted LandscapesThe Art of Rini Dhumal

Edited by Ina Puri

The pictorial world of Rini Dhumal is an amalgam of myth and realism, where nostalgia and sombre tones meet to create powerful protagonists that exude raw primal energy. We see representations of memory and recollection, distilled by her imagination which emerges from deep convictions and courage.

Incarnations of the quintessential Indian Woman, quiet, with aloof confidence and devoid of any fragility, dominate the earthy landscapes. Stories of displacement, chance encounters and tales of far-away lands, integrating with symbolism and perception, are all part of her oeuvre. One comes upon, at once, the universality and intimate familiarity in the fluid forms.

Trained as a painter, Rini Dhumal has experimented with every conceivable medium ranging from print-making, graphics and ceramics, with fantastic results, and created a cultural vocabulary uniquely her own. Her sketchbooks, with jottings of her initial responses before they take shape as paintings or other artworks, reveal the coming together of her hand and spirit. Drawing upon a storehouse of historical details, the splendours of her childhood, and anecdotal references from various travels, she creates a vivid aesthetic in her art-making.

Foreword by K G Subramanyan and contributions from Roobina Karode, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Anil Dharker, Karan Grover.

“The large body of work that she [Rini Dhumal] has produced in the last few years seems to be diverse iconic representations, or avatars, of a personal identity she is giving chase to.”

—Prof. K G Subramanyan in his Foreword

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National Gallery of Modern Art

Ella Datta

Treasures of National Gallery of Modern Art takes the reader on an exciting visual adventure. This book packs in nearly 300 superb reproductions, drawn from the National Gallery of Modern Art’s priceless collection. From anonymous indigenous artists of the 19th century to early oils by Raja Ravi Varma and the academic realists; from Amrita Sher-Gil and Jamini Roy to several others: this publication offers a veritable feast for the eyes. Recent paintings by modern and contemporary Indian artists of the stature of M F Husain, Tyeb Mehta, Professor K G Subramanyan and A Ramachandran; sculptures by Ramkinkar Baij, Meera Mukherjee and Piloo Pochkhanawala; photographs by Lala Deen Dayal, and contemporary treasures by Raghu Rai complete the picture.

Ella Datta is a writer and journalist, specializing in art, architecture, archaeology and design. She has been commenting on art issues, cultural policy and trends for more than 30 years.

240 pages, 300 colour photographs10 x 12.5” (254 x 318 mm), hc


` 3500 | US$ 70 | UK£ 45Copublished with NGMA

December 2010 | World Rights

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED

120 pages, 157 colour illustrations9 x 12” (229 x 304 mm), hc


` 1295 | US$ 35 | UK£ 25Copublished with Department of Archaeology and Museums,

Government of RajasthanNovember 2010 | World Rights

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Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur

Edited by Chandramani Singh

The Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur, Rajasthan, is one of the finest museums of the 19th century with a repository of 19000 objects. It was envisioned by Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II and executed by his successor Sawai Madho Singh II at a time when Jaipur was making a transition from the feudal era into a modern and model state. In the atmosphere of change the vision for the museum was brought to life by Thomas Holbein Hendley. The collection that he put together is a valuable inheritance today: arms and armour, sculpture, international art, pottery, stone work, wood work, ivory, jewellery, clay models, musical instruments, coins and seals, carpets, and miniature paintings. The museum is home to the rare Persian Garden Carpet and also an Egyptian Mummy.

With contributions from Bapa Dhrangadhra, Chandramani Singh, Devendra Handa, Navina Haidar Haykel, Dharmendra Kanwar, Dipti Khera, Indrajit Singh Masuda, Kristine Michael, Vijay Verma and Rajendra Yadav.

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Handmade in India

Edited by Aditi Ranjan and M P Ranjan

576 pages, 3500 colour photographs and 140 maps


ISBN: 978-1-890206-85-7 (Grantha)Copublished with COHANDS

in association with National Institute of Design

` 3950 | US$ 65 | UK£ 50 | World Rights

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Temple Potters of Puri

Louise Allison Cort and Purna Chandra Mishra

312 pages, 16 colour & 50 b&w photographs, 5 maps and 7 drawings

8.5 x 11” (216 x 280 mm), hcISBN: 978-81-89995-09-6 (Mapin)


December 2010 | World Rights


Handmade in India is a unique compendium that probes into all aspects of handicrafts—historical, social and cultural influences on crafts, design and craft processes, traditional and new markets, products and tools—unravelling a wealth of knowledge. Based on extensive field work and research, Handmade in India maps the regional craft clusters on the basis of prevailing craft-work patterns, documenting all the renowned crafts and also the lesser known crafts, making this a truly comprehensive resource on Indian crafts.

Aditi Ranjan teaches textile design at the National Institute of Design India. M P Ranjan is an industrial designer and teaches at the National Institute of Design, India.

As an encyclopaedia of Indian crafts, Handmade in India is pioneering and comprehensive. Nothing of this kind has ever been published before.

—Biblio: A Review of Books

…takes on the monumental task of examining the eye-popping variety of handicrafts made across India’s vast landscape…

—Wall Street Journal

Gold Medal in Crafts category ForeWord Book of the Year Award 2009

This book is the first to describe in detail a community of potters working for the Jagannatha Temple in Puri, and to explore how the role of temple servant affects the potters’ understanding of their work and of themselves. As a pilgrimage centre of national importance, supported by the patronage of successive regional dynasties and by fervent popular belief, the Jagannatha Temple requires earthenware in great quantities for the creation and distribution of the sacred food that is an integral feature of daily ritual and pilgrimage. This study observes the potters’ technical prowess, sustained by devotion, but also examines the tensions within their relationships to more powerful temple servants and authorities.

The accompanying DVD shows the artisans at work— demonstrating their techniques, skills and products—thereby adding value to the text.

Louise Allison Cort is Curator for Ceramics at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Purna Chandra Mishra is an independent researcher.

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248 pages, 240 colour illustrations9 x 11” (229 x 280 mm), hc


` 2500 | US$ 55 | UK£ 35 Copublished with the V&A

February 2011 | World Rights

Textiles and Dress of Gujarat

Eiluned Edwards

The textiles and dress of Gujarat in northwestern India are acclaimed for their design and craftsmanship. The sophisticated weaves, dyeing techniques, intricate embroideries, vibrant motifs and embellished dress, and the communities to which many of these are unique, have been all been the subjects of this extensive documentation.

Textiles and dress play a central role in the construction of a visual identity of Gujarat and its people. This book examines the ‘social life’ of Gujarat’s textiles, tracing the historical journey of cloth and dress up to the present day. It looks closely at handmade fabrics, woven, dyed, painted and printed cloth, and embroidery, and locates their place in culture and trade. It also acknowledges the role of entrepreneurship in the survival of these handmade textiles.

Eiluned Edwards has been researching textiles and dress in India for 20 years and she has published widely on their production, use and circulation. She was a senior research fellow at the V&A/London College of Fashion from 2005 to 2009, and has recently joined Nottingham Trent University as a senior lecturer in Design and Visual Culture.

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New and Recent Backlist Raja Ravi VarmaPainter of Colonial India

Rupika Chawla

Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was one of the first Indian painters to successfully adopt Western painting techniques and adapt academic realism to the visual interpretation of Indian mythology. His genre of paintings, which eventually lead to chromolithographs (oleographs), has maintained a lasting effect on the Indian sensibility, making him the best-known classical painter of the modern era.

This book is an account of Ravi Varma’s traditional background and environment and how they related to the modernization of colonial India, as well as his profession as an aristocratic itinerant painter. Lavishly illustrated with images taken from princely and private collections, and museums, the book includes works that have never been seen before: previously undisclosed maps, letters, photographs and other archival material.

A unique feature of this title is that it comes to the customer with a choice of two splendid dust jackets [shown here]. Customers should indicate their choice of cover [Male/Female] at the time of placing the order.

Rupika Chawla is a conservator of paintings who has restored several Ravi Varma art works. She is also a curator, and imparts training in conservation. She has written extensively on contemporary Indian art.

Rupika Chawla’s lavishly produced book is not a heavy academic tome. In style and substance, it is hugely engaging, carrying its scholarship with a remarkable lightness of grace.

—India Today

Biography is all about getting under the skin of the subject. Not only does Chawla do so, but also portrays the times the painter lived in.

—Daily News & Analysis

…rich in information and there are many insights awaiting the careful reader.—The Hindu

360 pages, 384 colour illustrations9.5 x 11.5” (241 x 292 mm), hc


` 3950 | US$ 75 | UK£ 50 World Rights

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New and Recent Backlist South Indian PaintingsA Catalogue of the British Museum Collection

A L Dallapiccola

324 pages, 250 colour photographs8.60 x 10.84” (218 x 275 mm), hc

ISBN: 978-81-89995-39-3 (Mapin)Published in association with The

British Museum Press` 3200 | US$ 75 | UK£ 50

South Asia

176 pages, over 100 illustrations9 x 11.25” (229 x 285 mm), hc

ISBN: 978-81-89995-37-9 (Mapin)` 2500 | US$ 40 | UK£ 25

Published in association with the National Portrait Gallery, London

South Asia

The Indian Portrait 1560–1860

Edited by Rosemary Crill and Kapil Jariwala With Contributions from J.P. Losty, Kapil Jariwala, Robert Skelton, Rosemary Crill and Susan Stronge

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The book catalogues in full, and for the first time, the South Indian paintings from the British Museum Collection. Ranging from the 18th century to the early-20th century, these paintings represent a wide variety of themes and techniques but only a few examples have been published before.

This catalogue presents a combination of 250 of the most significant paintings, reproduced in vibrant colours, and an insightful summary of political and artistic developments in the subcontinent between 1500 AD and 1900 AD It also includes a brief survey of South Indian painting from the medieval period onwards.

A L Dallapiccola is Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh.

“There are remarkable riches in the book and Anna reveals them for the reader with assiduity and at length. Hindu Mythology, broadly, is what the volume opens with, as many as 500 drawings of deities, saints and holy places featuring in it.”

—Prof. B N Goswamy in The Tribune

This book tells the story of the development of portrait-painting within the vast body of Indian painting from the 16th to 19th century. From its beginning under the Mughal ruler Humayun and his successor Akbar, portraiture progressed to the Hindu courts of Rajasthan and the Punjab Hills, as well as to the Islamic kingdoms of the Deccan further south. During the period of the British rule in the 18th and 19th centuries portraits by Indian artists reached remarkable levels of skill and virtuosity.

Different regions and periods produced strikingly varied styles of portraiture, which are discussed in essays and plate captions. Some of these are among the most celebrated of all Indian works of art, while other are new discoveries that shed further light on this fascinating aspect of Indian painting.

Rosemary Crill is a Senior Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Kapil Jariwala is an independent curator.

A colourful, detailed, beautiful, and at times grandiose, insight into the history of the Mughal Empire from 1560 to 1860.

—History Today

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New and Recent Backlist au rov i l l e a rch i t ec t s m o n ogr a p h ser i es

Poppo Pingel

Mona Doctor–Pingel

Poppo (Reinhold Egbert) Pingel (b. 1942) in Westphalia, Germany, has been working and living in Auroville, South India, since 1970. This unique International Township founded in 1968 based on the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo is a source of inspiration to many architects around the world.

This first major monograph of Poppo’s work spans his career till date, the influences that formed him and continue to do so, as well as his contribution to Auroville. Highly personal in his approach, his architecture challenges the senses with its rustic quality while responding to the climate, landscape and culture of the place.

The monograph provides a bio-sketch of the architect and profiles select projects. Personal perspectives from former students and associates give insight into the multiple layers that define his characteristic architecture.

With contributions from Suhasini Ayer-Guigan, Durganand Balsavar, Preeti Chopra, Brigitte Jacob, Wolfgang Schäche, Elmar Schenkel, Poonam Verma Mascarenhas and Franz-Josef Vollmer.

288 pages, 200 colour photographs, 20 drawings

9 x 9” (229 x 229 mm), hcISBN: 978-81-89995-51-5 (Mapin)


February 2011 | World Rights

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240 pages, 130 photographs including 50 in colour, and 80 drawings

9 x 11” (229 x 280 mm), hcISBN: 978-81-89995-11-9 (Mapin)


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Le CorbusierChandigarh and the Modern City

Edited by Hasan-Uddin Khan, with Julian Beinart and Charles Correa

Chandigarh—the icon of modern city planning and Le Corbusier’s legacy—continues to hold many lessons for planning and architecture after over 55 years of its founding. This visually engaging monograph, through images and essays, looks at the original ideas and subsequent changes in the city and examines its built and social form, reviewing the changes in its inhabitants and architecture.

A group of experts creatively speculate through different lenses about the transformation of the city from its original conception to the pressures of retaining its character. This monograph offers valuable lessons for other cities of the world.

Essays by Rodrigo Pérez de Arce, Tadeusz W Barucki, Julian Beinart, Charles Correa, Balkrishna V Doshi, Kenneth Frampton, Charles Jencks, Ravi Kalia, Rajeev Kathpalia, Ayesha Khan, Hasan-Uddin Khan, Romi Khosla, Aditya Prakash, Vikram Prakash, Raj Rewal, Marius Reynolds, Jagdish Sagar, Madhu Sarin, Sandhya Sood, and Stephen White.

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292 pages, 282 colour photographs and 13 drawings


Copublished with Peabody Museum Press` 3500 | US$ 75 | UK£ 45

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Sacred SpacesA Journey with the Sufis of the Indus

Samina Quraeshi, with contributions from Ali S Asani, Carl W Ernst and Kamil Khan Mumtaz

This is a unique account of a journey through the author’s childhood homeland in search of the wisdom of the Sufis. The book reveals the deeply spiritual nature of major centres of Sufism in Pakistan and northern India.

Along her meandering path to the shrines of Sufi saints in the Indus Valley, Quraeshi relies on memory, storytelling, and image-making to create an imaginative personal history and a rich body of photographs and works of art that reflect the seeking heart of the Sufi Way. The illuminating essays support and provide a scholarly context to the author’s journey.

Samina Quraeshi is an educator, designer, artist, photographer, and author.

Finalist, Religion ForeWord Book of the Year Awards 2009 Winner, General Trade Illustrated Book 53rd New England Book Show Contest Silver Medalist Independent Publisher Book Awards, Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult 2010

80 pages, 40 b&w and 30 colour photographs

7.5 x 9” (191 x 229 mm), pbISBN: 978-81-89995-24-9 (Mapin)

ISBN: 978-1-890206-01-7 (Grantha)Copublished with Centre for Heritage

Environment and Development` 595 | US$ 20 | UK£ 12.95

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Mosques of Cochin

Patricia Tusa Fels

The book documents the surviving vernacular mosques of Cochin—a jewel of the trading culture of the Malabar Coast of Kerala, and where historic patterns of an urban trading culture remain visible in the buildings and layout of the city. Sited in compounds replete with coconut palms, the mosques offer an oasis of tranquillity in densely populated neighbourhoods. Large wood-framed pyramidal roofs, deep overhangs, and fine wooden craftsmanship distinguish the Kerala vernacular. The mosques of Cochin stand as powerful and visible expressions of the integration of Islam into the culture of Malabar. However, they are hardly mentioned in architectural histories or heritage surveys. This book brings recognition to them as highly valued resources.

Patricia Tusa Fels is an architect and historic preservationist, who has been involved in conservation projects in the US, Europe and Asia. She also contributes to a wide range of journals and newspapers.

“A truly stunning achievement.” – Charles Correa

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80 pages, 11 photographs5.30 x 8.26” (135 x 210 mm), hc


` 450 | US$ 17.50 | UK£ 12.50 November 2010 | World Rights

Jamali—KamaliA Tale of Passion in Mughal India

Karen ChaseIntroduction by Milo Beach

Just off busy Mehrauli–Gurgaon Road in Delhi, India, the 16th-century Sufi court poet Jamali is buried in a tomb next to Kamali, of whom the printed matter says “identity unknown,” but who helpful guides say, was the poet’s lover. Little about them is known.

Karen Chase envisions love and longing between the two, who according to Delhi’s oral tradition were homosexual lovers. Others believe that Kamali was Jamali’s wife, and some others believe that “Kamali” was Jamali’s nom de plume. Over the reigns of Sikandar, Lodi, Babur and Humayun, Jamali’s travels take him to Syria, Iran, Bhagdad, Ceylon, Mecca, Herat, Damascus, Palestine and Spain, making for many separations.

The verse moves from Jamali’s longing to Kamali’s lament, re-creating the interplay between their passionate hearts.

Karen Chase lives in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. Her poems, stories and essays have appeared in many magazines and her work has been widely anthologized. She is the award-winning author of two collections of poetry and the non-fiction book, Land of Stone.

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�rough the di�cult air, Jamali, I speak to you from afar.

Months have passed. Still it is you on the paths,

in the �elds. Your face, I crave.

�e shine of your black eyes pulls me

by heat so fractious and deep I can’t stand straight.

Ra�led birds dart and hit the frantic air.

Part FourIt is 1536, the Mughal ruler Humayun is in power. Jamali has gone west to Gujarat with Humayun and other warriors, to conquer territory. Kamali speaks.

Who will see ourmonuments to lovewhen we are gone?What will they say?You were my wife?

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64 pages, 75 illustrations8 x 10” (203 x 254 mm), hc


Copublished with Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,

Smithsonian Institution` 495 | US$ 16.95 | UK£ 11.95

November 2010 | World Rights


32 pages, 40 illustrations8.5 x 11” (216 x 280 mm), hc


` 295 | US$ 16.95 | UK£ 11.95December 2010 | World Rights


The Adventures of RamaWith illustrations from a sixteenth-century Mughal manuscript

Milo C. Beach

To rid the world of the evil, ten-headed Ravana, the Hindu god Vishnu appears on earth as a heroic prince, Rama. The devotion of his brother Lakshman, his marriage to the beautiful Sita, and encounters with demons, giants, sages, and holy men form favorite episodes familiar to any Hindu child. Taken from the holy text, the Ramayana, these stories conclude with Rama’s efforts to rescue the kidnapped Sita, aided by Hanuman, leader of an army of monkeys. These incidents have been retold and lavishly illustrated using original paintings from a 16th-century Mughal manuscript.

Originally published in 1980 by Freer Gallery of Art, this is a completely redesigned edition.

Milo Cleveland Beach is a former Director of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. As well as writing numerous exhibition catalogues and articles, he is the author of Rajput Painting at Bundi and Kota, The Grand Mogul and Early Mughal Painting.

How The Firefly Got Its Light The Adventurous Tale of Jugnu Rani

Pradyumna Kumar (text and illustrations), translated from Hindi by Urvashi Butalia

Jugnu Rani, a tiny firefly, ponders over her insignificance and witnesses the gradual distancing between trees and humankind. She observes the disciplined life of ants and the hard work of the bees, and feels that her existence is useless. But Suraj Dada, the Sun, reminds her that every creature has a place and purpose in the universe. One day, when the forest is in danger, Jugnu Rani discovers the light within her and find her perpose. Soon no one is afraid of the dark anymore.

Pradyumna Kumar is an artist, sculptor, and instructor of Madhubani art. He was awarded the prestigious Noma Concours Award for Picture Book Illustrations in 2006. These illustrations are drawn in the Mithila style of painting from northeastern India. Urvashi Butalia is a writer, feminist and historian. She is the publisher of Zubaan Books.

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New and Recent Backlist Captured in MiniatureMughal Lives through Mughal Art

Suhag Shirodhar

Captured in Miniature reveals a magical experience that awaits us in the world of Mughal art. It introduces young learners to the fascinating Mughal Empire through a handful of paintings reproduced from collections of renowned museums and libraries of the world. Interesting activities combined with the text familiarizes us with finer aspects of these magnificent art works.

The lives of kings and queens, their pursuits, celebrations and costumes, painted to the very last detail are set in the backdrop of the world of animals, birds, trees and flowers, interacting animatedly in beautiful surroundings.

Suhag Shirodkar enjoys watching young people learn and wishes grown-ups would stop taking the joy out of learning. This book was born of her conviction that children will delight in history—if adults will bring it alive for them.

It proves one thing —history, or for that matter any academic subject, if presented to children in innovative ways, can be a delight.

— The Mint

The Kidnapping of Amir Hamza From the Hamzanama

Mamta Dalal Mangaldas and Saker Mistri

The Kidnapping of Amir Hamza is an exciting tale from the Hamzanama, a Persian epic. The brave warrior Hamza is kidnapped from the shores of the Caspian Sea by the evil Shahrashob and held captive in the kingdom of his arch enemy Malik Argus, the King of Takaw. The adventure takes us through the seas, via caravanserais and delightful gardens with chinar trees; on boats, magical horses and camels, recounting the events that lead to Hamza’s victory over the wicked Malik Argus. A range of characters join hands in helping their beloved Amir Hamza.

This tale was a favourite of the great Mughal Emperor Akbar. The lavish illustrations are from the Hamzanama that had taken nearly 100 artists over 15 years to prepare for the king.

Mamta Dalal Mangaldas loves reading children’s books and understanding how children learn. She has conducted museum workshops to introduce art to children. Saker Mistri is a speech pathologist and museum educator. She has developed museum programmes for children and contributed to travel and art publications.

The story is a retelling but as gripping and entertaining as the original.—The Hindu

56 pages, 50 illustrations8.5 x 11” (216 x 280 mm)

ISBN: 978-0-944142-61-5 (Grantha), hc ` 395 | US$ 16.95 | UK£ 11.95 hc

ISBN: 978-81-88204-83-0 (Mapin), hc plc` 295 hc plc

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INTERNATIONAL EDITION


ISBN: 978-0-944142-86-8 (Grantha), hc ` 395 | US$ 16.95 | UK£ 11.95 hc

ISBN: 978-81-88204-84-7 (Mapin), hc plc` 295 hc plc

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112 pages, 100 illustrations6.8 x 8.6” (173 x 219 mm)

ISBN: 978-81-89995-56-0 (Mapin), hcISBN: 978-1-935677-03-1 (Grantha), hc

` 395 | US$ 16.95 | UK£ 11.95 hcISBN: 978-81-89995-05-8 (Mapin), pb

` 295 pb December 2010 | World Rights



ISBN: 978-81-89995-57-7 (Mapin), hcISBN: 978-1-935677-02-4 (Grantha), hc

` 295 | US$ 16.95 | UK£ 11.95 hcISBN: 978-81-89995-20-1 (Mapin), pb

` 195 pb December 2010 | World Rights


Rajah King of the Jungle

By Balraj Khanna, with illustrations by Sean Victory

The jungle of India is awesome—where beauty and mortal danger walk hand in hand. Every creature knows its place and jungle life flows on, at its own sweet rhythm. Thus, deadly enemies—Rajah the mighty tiger, and Ananta the venomous king cobra—live together in harmony. The jungle has a problem: Man. Greedy and ruthless, he shoots to kill for profit. He hunts Rajah for his beautiful coat. Each attempt is thwarted by the resourceful animals of the jungle. Will the animals be able to outwit the treacherous plots, and keep their friend and ruler safe?

Written lyrically, with vivid illustrations, this evocative book makes a unique contribution to children’s literature.

Balraj Khanna is a painter and writer based in London. As an author, he has explored both fiction and non-fiction genres with success. His fiction writing has won him critical acclaim in the UK and in India. Sean Victory is a freelance illustrator and a muralist.

The lucid narrative keeps the reader entrapped! The stunningly sketched illustrations enhance the drama of the jungle tale. —The Hindu

Monkey Tales

By Rohinton Mody, with illustrations by Akhila Krishnan

The world of monkeys is full of entertaining tales. Brave or wily, quick-thinking or unthinking each monkey in these tales offers a valuable lesson—a leader who risks his own life to save his band; another who outwits a demon; a third, whose presence of mind helps him fool a greedy crocodile; finally, an eager but foolish monkey who tries his hand at being the king’s gardener for a day.

The Jataka Tales are a treasure trove of 550 animal stories that have captivated the folklore of Asia. Well-known and beloved of generations of children, this collection of four stories from the Jataka, presented in a beautifully illustrated and designed edition, is bound to enchant your child and you.

Rohinton Mody has won several national and international awards for his work in advertising. His previous publications include The Adventures of Birbal. Akhila Krishnan is a graphic designer and illustrator.

… a perfect entertainer for the young kids. —Dimdima for Kids

… collage-like illustrations that stand out. —TimeOut Mumbai

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Art & Culture African Elites in India•The Biodiversity of India•The Body Adorned•The City Palace Museum Udaipur•The Dapuri Drawings•Delight in Design•Elephant Kingdom•Feet and Footwear in Indian Culture•Folk Music & Musical Instruments •of PunjabThe Gathas of Zarathushtra•Geet Govinda•Gift of Conquerors•Gifts of Earth•The Flute and the Lotus •I See No Stranger•Indian Art in Detail•Jewels on the Crescent•Khunti Korai•Moving Pictures•Museums of Rajasthan•Nikhil Biswas•Paintings of the Razmnama•Parvati•The Pichhvai Painting Tradition •of RajasthanRajput Painting•Romance of the Golconda Diamonds•Royal Tombs of India•S• ymbolic HeatVictorious Ones •Yankee India•



Backlist | Art & Culture

Museums of RajasthanEdited by Chandramani Singh

Hard Case 10 x 12” (254 x 304 mm)ISBN: 978-0-944142-64-6 (Grantha)ISBN: 978-81-89995-22-5 (Mapin)` 3000 | US$ 65 | UK£ 32

Paper Back with gate-fold8.3 x 10” (212 x 254 mm)ISBN: 978-1-890206-98-7 (Grantha)ISBN: 978-81-89995-23-2 (Mapin)` 1500 | US$ 30 | UK£ 15

Copublished with Jawahar Kala Kendra World Rights

Victorious OnesJain Images of Perfection

Edited by Phyllis Granoff, with essays by John E Cort, Robert J Del Bontà, Paul Dundas, Julia A B Hegewald, Padmanabh S Jaini, Kim Plofker and Sonya Rhie Quintanilla

ISBN: 978-81-89995-29-4 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-82-0 (Grantha)` 3500 | US$75 | UK£ 45Copublished with Rubin Museum of Art World Rights

… this well produced catalogue is a welcome addition to the emerging literature on the subject.

—The Book Review

Delight in DesignIndian Silver for the Raj

Vidya Dehejia, with contributions by Wynard Wilkinson, Yuthika Sharma and Dipti Khera

ISBN: 978-81-89995-19-5 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-43-1 (Grantha)` 2750 | US$ 65 | UK£ 35 World Rights

Deeply researched, engagingly written, handsomely produced…

—New York Times

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The City Palace Museum UdaipurPaintings of Mewar Court Life

Andrew Topsfield

ISBN: 978-81-89995-21-8 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-29-5 (Grantha)` 3000 | US$ 65 | UK£ 32World Rights

… a fine sourcebook for the historian as well as the art- or architectural historian.

—Journal of the American Oriental Society

Paintings of the RazmnamaThe Book of War

Asok Kumar Das, Introduction by Stuart Cary Welch


“If they were revered sacred texts, they were also the equivalent of our comic book and animated films.”

—from the Introduction

I See No StrangerEarly Sikh Art and Devotion

B N Goswamy and Caron Smith

ISBN: 978-81-88204-77-9 (Mapin) (hc) ISBN: 978-1-890206-04-8 (Grantha) (hc) ISBN: 978-1-890206-05-5 (Grantha) (pb) ` 2500 | US$ 65 | UK£ 40 World Rights

The book brings to life the closeness to the earth that the Sikhs have always felt.—The Tribune

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The Body AdornedDissolving Boundaries between Sacred and Profane in India’s Art

Vidya Dehejia

ISBN: 978-81-89995-04-1 (Mapin)` 1850 | US$ 30South Asia

An important work for anyone interested in Indian art or religion... Highly recommended.

—Choice

Rajput PaintingRomantic, Divine and Courtly Art from India

Roda Ahluwalia

ISBN: 978-81-89995-16-4` 1250 | UK£ 16.99South Asia

… an excellent production with fabulous paintings and a great deal of erudition.

—Business Standard

Indian Art in DetailA L Dallapiccola

ISBN: 978-81-88204-69-4` 750 | South Asia

...large number of clear and sharp colour pictures which provide intimate close-up views of a complex and often unfamiliar world represented in an Indian art work...

—Marg

Elephant KingdomSculptures from Indian Architecture

Vikramajit Ram


` 995 | US$ 35 | UK£ 25World Rights

A celebration of the pachyderm in Indian culture…


Yankee IndiaAmerican Commercial and Cultural Encounters with India in the Age of Sail 1784–1860

Susan S Bean

ISBN: 978-81-85822-83-9 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-29-1 (Grantha)` 1800 | US$ 40 | UK£ 25 Copublished with Peabody Essex MuseumWorld Rights

…illustrates a largely forgotten chapter of early American history.

—Choice

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The Pichhvai Painting Tradition of RajasthanDesmond Peter Lazaro


This visually splendid book from Mapin gives the reader a new lens with which to view pichhvais … An insider’s edge that makes this volume infinitely precious.

—The Hindu

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African Elites in IndiaHabshi AmaratEdited by Kenneth X Robbins and John McLeod

ISBN: 978-81-88204-73-1 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-97-0 (Grantha)` 2500 | US$ 65 | UK£ 40 | World Rights

Gifts of EarthTerracottas and Clay Sculptures of IndiaStephen P Huyler

ISBN: 978-81-85822-09-9 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-48-6 (Grantha)` 2250 | US$ 75 | UK£ 47.50 World Rights

The Flute and the LotusRomantic Moments in Indian Poetry and PaintingHarsha V Dehejia

ISBN: 978-81-85822-89-1 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-32-1 (Grantha)` 1950 | US$ 49.50 | UK£ 33 World Rights

The Dapuri DrawingsAlexander Gibson & the BombayBotanic GardensH J Noltie

ISBN: 978-81-88204-09-0 (Mapin)` 1950 | US$ 59.50 | South Asia

Gift of ConquerorsHand Papermaking in IndiaAlexandra Soteriou


Romance of the GolcondaDiamondsOmar Khalidi


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ParvatiGoddess of LoveHarsha V Dehejia

ISBN: 978-81-85822-59-4 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-12-3 (Grantha)` 750 | US$ 19.95 | UK£ 13.50 World Rights

Symbolic HeatDennis McGilvray

ISBN: 978-81-85822-52-5 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-87-5 (Grantha)` 295 | US$ 15 | UK£ 9.95 World Rights

Folk Music & MusicalInstruments of PunjabFrom Mustard Fields to Disco Lights(With audio CD) Alka PandeISBN: 978-81-85822-62-4 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-15-4 (Grantha)` 1195 | US$ 40 | UK£ 27 World Rights

Feet and Footwear inIndian CultureJutta Jain-Neubauer

ISBN: 978-81-85822-69-3 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-20-8 (Grantha)` 2000 | US$ 60 | UK£ 39.50World Rights

Royal Tombs of India13th to 18th CenturyA S Bhalla


t h e pa s s i o n o f

Nikhil BiswasSandip Sarkar


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Jewels on the CrescentMasterpieces of ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Vastu SangrahalayaKalpana Desai

ISBN: 978-81-88204-00-7 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-44-4 (Grantha)` 2500 | US$ 65 | UK£ 40 | World Rights

Geet GovindaPaintings in Kanheri StyleNarmada Prasad Upadhyaya

ISBN: 978-81-88204-18-2 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-56-7 (Grantha)` 995 | US$ 35 | UK£ 25

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Khunti KoraiBangladeshi CuisineShawkat Osman


The Gathas of ZarathushtraHymns in Praise of WisdomTranslated by Piloo Nanavutty

ISBN: 978-81-85822-58-7 (Mapin), hcISBN: 978-81-85822-56-3 (Mapin), pbISBN: 978-1-890206-11-6 (Grantha), hcISBN: 978-1-890206-09-3 (Grantha), pb

` 850 | US$ 22 | UK£ 15 hc` 650 | US$ 14.95 | UK£ 9.95 pbWorld Rights

The Biodiversity of IndiaErach Bharucha and Jayalaxmi Rai(With CD Rom)

ISBN: 978-81-88204-06-9 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-40-6 (Grantha)` 550 | US$ 39.95 | UK£ 27.50

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Moving PicturesThe Rickshaw Art of BangladeshKuntala Lahiri-Dutt and David J Williams



PhotographyA Vision of Splendour•Bhu• jBhuta• n Daughters of India•Himalayan Vignettes•Painted Photographs•Sonaba• iTraces of India•Vijayanagar• aVision from the Inner Eye•The Waterhouse Albums•Zen of Seeing •



Daughters of IndiaArt and Identity

Stephen P Huyler


The stunning photographs of Indian women, artworks and landscapes alone make this book worth picking up, but Huyler’s project is about more than beautiful images…

—Publishers Weekly

SonabaiAnother Way of Seeing

Stephen P Huyler, with a foreword by Leslie Umberger (With DVD)

ISBN: 978-81-89995-28-7 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-85-1 (Grantha)` 1200 | US$ 29.50 | UK£ 19.95Copublished with Mingei International Museum | World Rights

Huyler’s holistic and poised reflection is an important homage to a humble genius…—Biblio: A Review of Books

The Waterhouse AlbumsCentral Indian Provinces

Edited by John Falconer, with contributions from Rosemary Crill, Michael Gray and Shaharyar M Khan

ISBN: 978-81-89995-30-0 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-84-4 (Grantha)` 3250 | US$70 | UK£ 40 Copublished with The Alkazi Collection of Photography |

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Besides giving access to a rich collection of photographs, this well produced book also includes other kinds of visual material such as etchings and hand coloured images derived from the photographs.


A Vision of SplendourIndian Heritage in the Photographs of Jean Philippe Vogel, 1901 0 1913

Gerda Theuns-de-BoerISBN: 978-81-89995-02-7 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-74-5 (Grantha)` 1200 | US$ 65 | UK£ 32 xCopublished with Kern Institure, Leiden World Rights

… an excellent read for the new generation of Indians, curious minds … who wish to open their windows to the jewel that India was in the crown of the Raj.

—The Hindu

Painted PhotographsColoured Portraiture in India

Foreword by Ebrahim Alkazi, with contributions by Rahaab Allana and Pramod Kumar K G

ISBN: 978-81-89995-18-8 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-95-0 (Grantha)` 1200 | US$ 35 | UK£ 17 Copublished with The Alkazi Collection of Photography World Rights

…documents the infinite aesthetic variety of colonial India. —The Hindu

VijaynagaraSplendour in Ruins

Editied by George Michell, with a preface by John Gollings, and contributions by Sophie Gordon, George Michell, Anila Verghese and Mike Ware

ISBN: 978-81-89995-03-4 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-76-9 (Grantha)` 2850 | US$ 70 | UK£ 35 Copublished with The Alkazi Collection of Photography and

UNESCO | World Rights

“…very well produced and an admirable testament to some of the pioneering photographers of southern India.”

—Crispin Branfoot in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

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PhotographyA Vision of Splendour•Bhu• jBhuta• n Daughters of India•Himalayan Vignettes•Painted Photographs•Sonaba• iTraces of India•Vijayanagar• aVision from the Inner Eye•The Waterhouse Albums•Zen of Seeing •



Traces of IndiaPhotography, Architecture and the Politics of Representation 1850–1900

Edited by Maria Antonella Pelizzari

ISBN: 978-81-88204-14-4 (Mapin)` 1950 | US$ 50 South Asia

… a very substantive analysis of photographic history in India, using the representation of architecture as its focal point.

—caa.reviews

a r t | a r c h i t e c t u r e | h i s t o ry

BhujAzhar Tyabji

ISBN: 978-81-88204-53-3 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-80-2 (Grantha) ` 2000 | US$ 65 | UK£ 40 World Rights

Books like these deepen the question of belonging to a past in a more substantial way…

—Art India Magazine

Vision from the Inner EyeThe Photographic Art of A L SyedO P Sharma


Himalayan VignettesThe Garhwal and Sikkim TreksKekoo Naoroji


BhutanLekha Singh and text by Vinod KhannaForeword by Her Majesty Queen Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuk


Zen of SeeingRajshree Sarabhai Foreword by HH the Dalai Lama

ISBN: 978-81-88204-54-0 (Mapin)

ISBN: 978-1-890206-81-9 (Grantha)

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Contemporary ArtAlternate Lyricism•An Unreasoned Act of Being•The Art of Adimoolam•Chola Migrations•The Dancer on the Horse•Dictionary of Indian Art & Artists•The Eyes of the Thar•Feminine Fables•Francis Newton Souza•The Great Procession•India 20•Krishen Khanna: Images in My Time•Krishen Khanna: The Embrace of Love•Krishna’s Cosmos•Lines from an Artistic Life•Manu Parekh Banaras•New Narratives•Paritosh Sen•Sensibility Objectified•Sojourns of a Painter•



Sojourns of a PainterShyamal Dutta Ray and His TimesMrinal Ghosh


Sensibility ObjectifiedThe Sculptures of Sarbari Roy ChoudhuryR Siva Kumar


Alternate LyricismJehangir JaniEdited by Ratnottama Sengupta


Krishna’s CosmosThe Creativity of an Artist,Sculptor & TeacherRatnottama Sengupta


The Art of AdimoolamGayatri Sinha

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The Eyes of the TharSatish Gupta


India 20Conversations with Contemporary ArtistsAnupa Mehta


Krishen KhannaImages in My TimeNorbert Lynton et al

ISBN: 978-0-85331-964-1 (Lund Humphries)ISBN: 978-81-88204-95-3 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-0-944142-51-6 (Grantha)` 2000 | US$ 60 | UK£ 30World Rights

Krishen KhannaThe Embrace of LoveGayatri Sinha

ISBN: 978-81-88204-62-5 (Mapin)ISBN: 978-1-890206-90-1 (Grantha) ` 1500 | US$ 45 | UK£ 28.50World Rights

Dictionary of Indian Art & ArtistsPratima Sheth

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Contemporary ArtAlternate Lyricism•An Unreasoned Act of Being•The Art of Adimoolam•Chola Migrations•The Dancer on the Horse•Dictionary of Indian Art & Artists•The Eyes of the Thar•Feminine Fables•Francis Newton Souza•The Great Procession•India 20•Krishen Khanna: Images in My Time•Krishen Khanna: The Embrace of Love•Krishna’s Cosmos•Lines from an Artistic Life•Manu Parekh Banaras•New Narratives•Paritosh Sen•Sensibility Objectified•Sojourns of a Painter•


New and Recent BacklistFeminine FablesImaging the Indian Woman inPainting, Photography and CinemaGeeti Sen


Lines from an Artistic LifeThe Drawings of AdimoolamKrishen Khanna, Aditi De andJehangir Sabavala

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New NarrativesContemporary Art from IndiaBetty Seid with contributions from Johan Pijnappel


An Unreasoned Act of BeingSculptures by Himmat ShahGayatri Sinha


m a n u pa r e k hBanarasEternity Watches TimeTanuj Beri et al


The Great ProcessionA Mural by Krishen KhannaNorbert Lynton


c h o l a m i g r at i o n sKrishen KhannaNorbert Lynton


The Dancer on the HorseReflections on the Art of Iranna GRRanjit Hoskote


Francis Newton SouzaBridging Western and Indian Modern ArtAziz Kurtha


Paritosh SenIn RetrospectMansi Majumdar, Ella Datta, KunalChakraborti and Paritosh Sen


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MapinLitAn ABC of Indian Culture•Black Wind and Other Poems•Clay Cures•Dev• iThe Eternal Spring•Going to Wipe Their Tears•Letters for Paul•The Mahabharata•Mission to Kabul•Movement in Stills•Neon Fish in Dark Water•Rai• nSlivers of a Mirror•Spoonful of Grey •Sufism and Beyond•The Suragi Tree•


New and Recent BacklistMovement in StillsThe Dance and Life of Kumudini LakhiaReena Shah

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An ABC of Indian CultureA Personal Padayatra of Half a Century into IndiaPeggy Holroyde


RainSudeep Sen


The MahabharataMrinalini Sarabhai

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Going to Wipe Their TearsPyarelal NayarCompiled by Mahendra Meghani


DeviMother of My MindSuzanne Ironbiter


Mission to KabulH Ronken Lynton


The Suragi TreePrabhaker Acharya


Sufism and BeyondAli Ansari


Slivers of a MirrorGlimpses of the GhazalShama Futehally


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MapinLitAn ABC of Indian Culture•Black Wind and Other Poems•Clay Cures•Dev• iThe Eternal Spring•Going to Wipe Their Tears•Letters for Paul•The Mahabharata•Mission to Kabul•Movement in Stills•Neon Fish in Dark Water•Rai• nSlivers of a Mirror•Spoonful of Grey •Sufism and Beyond•The Suragi Tree•



The Eternal SpringSarchashma-e-abadiIdrak BhattyForeword by Qurat-ul-Ain HaiderIllustrations by Pritam BhattyWith audio of CD reading: Tom Alter,Uday Chandra & Chandar Khanna


Neon Fish in Dark WaterAniket Jaaware


Clay CuresAnjou Musafir and Pascal Chazot


Letters for PaulAnu Kumar


Black Wind and Other PoemsDeepti Naval

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Spoonful of GreyDiana Romany


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Children’s BooksIn the Indian Night Sky•The Traveller, the Tiger, and the Very •Clever Jackal



ith his small bundle slung over his shoulder,

Raaheeji walked for miles and miles going nowhere

in particular. He left the road and was walking deep

in the jungle when he came upon an unusual sight.

There, in the middle of the jungle, sat an old Tiger,

trapped in an even older cage.

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to get out of his cage. He tried to cut the bars with

his big sharp teeth. He tried to unlatch the door with

his claws. He even tried squeezing his body through

the bars to escape. He tried many different ways to

get out, but each time, he would only fall to the fl oor

and get more and more tired and unhappy.

In the Indian Night SkyReshma Ansari Sapre Illustrations by Jayme E Robinson

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A great book for reading aloud. —Deccan Herald

The Traveller, the Tiger,and the Very Clever JackalReshma Ansari Sapre Illustrations by Jessica Lian

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An amazing pictorial narrative. —HindustanTimes

ong ago, in a small village in India, there

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Raaheeji had grown tired of sitting around everyday,

dreaming of his old adventures. He decided he would

get up early one morning and sneak off on a new

adventure.

He got up very quietly, while his old wife lay

sleeping. He knew his wife would be very upset to

see him go as she told him everyday, “If you leave

on another adventure, old man, you may never find

your way back to your comfortable home.”


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