Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

936 works match

Gem Fletcher and Ken Hermann shoot death-defying Indian tradition The Well of Death

Exhibition Design: Plaid transform The British Library into Mughal India

Short film studies self expression via fashion and cross-dressing in Pakistan

Photographer Anu Kumar on reconnecting with her Indian heritage, failing exams and recipes for weddings

The View From Mumbai: the Indian photographers taking back control through self-publishing

Mahesh Shantaram presents a look beneath the glossy veneer of Indian weddings

Dishoom collaborates with illustrator Manjit Thapp on T-shirts memorialising iconic Indian women

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From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice

Moksha captures the diversity of religious rituals across India

Khichdi (Kitchari) brings together 846 photographs of India, and its people, taken over ten years

Votive Plaque

Votive Plaque

Votive Plaque

Intaglio Ring with Two Figures

Panel of a Portable Shrine

Tara

Head of the Fasting Siddhartha

Dish with Marine Creature and Couple

Shard

Shard

Reliquary

Procession of Five Figures

Pair of Ear Plugs with Hamsas (Wild Geese)

Ritual Incense Burner

Mirror Handle with a Woman Holding a Mirror

Hinged Armlet

Standing Buddha

Shard

Plaque in the Form of a Female Figure (Study Collection)

Wrestler's Weight with Hercules and the Nemean Lion; Wrestling Scene (reverse)

Reliquary with Contents

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)

Torso of a Bodhisattva

Shard

Garuda Vanquishing the Naga Clan

The Ramaka Casket; Inscribed Reliquary, Donated by Ramaka

Reliquary

Disk Stone with a Four-Part Design of Palmettes and Branches

Shard

"Krishna and Balarma Fighting the Enemy", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Shard

Shard

Plaque in the Form of a Female Figure (Study Collection)

Dish with Eros on a Swan

Vairochana, the Transcendent Buddha of the Center

Portable Shrine with the Buddha Shakyamuni Preaching his First Sermon

Meditating Buddha Attended by Two Bodhisattvas

Shard

Reliquary with Ancient Repairs

Seated Buddha

Seal with an Ox

Plaque in the Form of a Female Figure (Study Collection)

Reliquary with Contents

Enthroned Buddha Granting Boons

Vajrapani Attends the Buddha at His First Sermon

Shard

Monumental Bodhisattva Head

Mold for a Buddha's Head

Vajradharma Lokeshvara

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Mirror Handle: Standing Woman

Dish with Apollo and Daphne

Standing Bodhisattva, probably Maitryeya (Buddha of the Future)

Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa

Seated Bodhisattva

Dipankara Jataka (The Story of the Ascetic Megha and the Buddha Dipankara)

Reliquary

Dish with the Drunken Hercules Supported by Two Women and Flanked by a Lion

Garland Holder with a Winged Celestial

Shard with Figural Decoration

Two Standing Women

Plaque in the Form of a Female Figure (Study Collection)

Shard

Standing Bodhisattva

Box Lid with a Bull

Plaque in the Form of a Standing Female Figure

Shard