2024–25 Mapin
cover: A nakshi kantha, cotton, embroidered, c. 20th century, West Bengal
Weavers Studio Resource Centre, Kolkata (from Textiles of
Magnificent Motorcars of the Maharajas
Gautam Sen • Photographs by Makarand Baokar and Vrutika Doshi
automobile, culture, heritage
400 pages, 550 photographs 10 x 12” (254 x 305 mm), hc ISBN: 978-93-94501-09-6
4500 | $65 | £55 Fall 2025 |
The advent of the automobile, with the very first ones arriving on Indian shores by the 1890s triggered off a crazy love story – that between the rajas, the maharajas, the nawabs and a Nizam, and the horseless carriage. The arrival of the automobile changed the lifestyle of Indian royalty, and with it gave rise to an enthralling new passion that was to endure for decades. The choicest of cars with the most unusual of coachworks made their way to India to satisfy the varied tastes of the royalty. Some were ceremonial throne cars, others were hunting cars, then there were cars for wedding and state processions, even special automobiles for the “ladies of the house” to travel in “purdah”. Each one of the princes had one objective: to outdo the other in terms of pomp, glamour and splendour.
Not all the cars specially constructed for the Indian princes and the wealthy merchant class were in agreeable tastes. For instance, a Ford Model A, which was then a relatively “middle class” car, was custom-made for a wealthy landowner in Gujarat, with silver repoussé decorative work and lace curtains. There was also the famous Swan Car of Calcutta, a 1910 Brooke with the front of the car made to look like a swan that would hiss steam from the nostrils.
Although a few books have been written on the automobiles of the maharajas, none have been comprehensive enough to include the cars from yesteryear, as well as the ones that are extant today, with either the descendants of the princely families or the enthusiastic collectors of historic vehicles in India today being considered the newer set of “maharajas”. Packed with extraordinary photography, this book brings together the most fascinating automotive jewels of princely India.
Gautam Sen founded India’s first automobile magazine Indian Auto in 1986, followed by Auto India in 1993, and the Indian editions of the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport and BBC’s Top Gear magazines. Serial concours judge and a Vice President at FIVA, Sen has also authored several award-winning books. Makarand Baokar, based in Mumbai, is a globally acclaimed automotive photographer. He has established collaborations with leading automotive brands in India, including Volkswagen, Renault, Ford, Citroën, Chevrolet, Skoda, Hyundai, and Lamborghini. Baokar has also partnered with Gautam Sen on numerous book projects. Vrutika Doshi has more than eight years of dedicated experience in the Indian automotive world, capturing images of cars, motorcycles, and individuals. She has photographed some of India’s most exceptional historic vehicle collections and her photography has been part of several prestigious publications, including Auto India, deRivas & Ives, and Italy Magazine
BACKREVISEDEDITION
Raja Ravi Varma Painter of Colonial India
Rupika Chawla
384 pages, 460 colour illustrations, 9.5 x 11.5” (241 x 292 mm), hc (with two jackets)
ISBN: 978-93-94501-26-3
4500 | $65 | £49
4th Reprint 2024 |
Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was among the first Indian painters to successfully adapt academic realism to the visual interpretation of Indian mythology and adopt Western painting techniques of portraiture. His genre of paintings, which eventually led to chromolithographs (oleographs), has maintained a lasting effect on the Indian sensibility, making him the bestknown classical painter of modern times.
This book is an account of Ravi Varma’s traditional background and environment in the context of colonial India, and the relationship of this milieu with his profession as an aristocratic itinerant painter. Many royal families of India and several rich and powerful personalities were patrons of Ravi Varma, whose portraits he painted in large numbers. His range of Puranic and religious paintings, reflecting his deep understanding of Sanskrit and Malayalam literature, have deeply influenced the forms of gods and goddesses in 20th-century visual culture of India. Ravi Varma’s fascination for feminine beauty and the ability to capture it masterfully is abundantly evident in his numerous portrayals of Shakuntala, Sita and Damayanti, and of the Indian woman. His lingering influence on the Indian mindset is also seen in the works of Indian contemporary painters and artists, who continue to be inspired by his art.
Rupika Chawla is a conservator of paintings based in Delhi. She has restored several Ravi Varma paintings at her studio in Delhi and also gives training in conservation. Together with artist A. Ramachandran she had organized the seminal exhibition on Raja Ravi Varma in 1993 at the National Museum, New Delhi, which brought about a strong revival of the artist and his work. She has written extensively on contemporary Indian art and is the author of Surface and Depth: Indian Artists at Work, A. Ramachandran: Art of the Muralist and Icons of the Raw Earth. She is currently working on her next volume on the ancient Indian art at the Ajanta Caves in western India (Mapin, 2025).
“In this sumptuous feast of a book, one of India’s finest art conservators, Rupika Chawla, takes out all her scholastic implements to bring us a sprawling investigation of the works of 19th century artist Raja Ravi Varma.” Hindustan Times
“Coming armed with awe-inspiring research and studded with gem-like details, Raja Ravi Varma: Painter of Colonial India is surely a long overdue opus …Rupika Chawla’s lavishly produced book is, in style and substance, hugely engaging, carrying its scholarship with a remarkable lightness of grace.” S. Kalidas, India Today
crafts, history
360 pages, 295 illustrations
10 x 11" (254 x 279 mm), hc
ISBN: 978-93-94501-26-3
4500 | $65 | £49 Jan. 2025 |
Published in association with Weavers Studio Resource Centre, Kolkata
Textiles from Bengal A Shared Legacy
Edited by Tirthankar Roy, Sonia Ashmore and Niaz Zaman
Foreword by Rosemary Crill
The famed Bengal textiles which once ‘clothed the world’ have been neglected, with little scholarly attention, for the last few decades. With the systemic destruction of Bengal’s textile industry, prompted by the Industrial Revolution in Europe, the muslins and baluchari s of Bengal were lost in obscurity. The scholarship too has been a victim of the partition of the Indian subcontinent and the consequent different cultural and societal identities of present-day India and Bangladesh. This publication delves into the lost textile traditions of Undivided Bengal from the 16th to the 20th century and traces its impact on the historical and cultural processes of Bengal, and vice-versa.
This is an aesthetic compilation of research and is conceived as a dialogue between historians, anthropologists, art historians, textile practitioners and textile scholars who bring their diverse perspectives and expertise on the fundamental catalysts of change in the textile tradition of Undivided Bengal. The book serves as a public history, with engaging chapters on specific topics presenting a unique perspective of the Bengal textiles supported by stunning illustrations of textiles, maps and trade documents from the past, most of which have never been published before. This volume will inspire the reader, reorient scholarly attention and provoke them to rethink what Bengal textiles really were and what it has now become.
With contributions by Hameeda Hossain, Giorgio Riello, Ghulam Nadri, Barbara Karl, Ritu Sethi, Paola Manfredi, Susan Bean, Rosie LlewellynJones, et.al.
Tirthankar Roy is Professor at Department of Economic History, London School of Economics. Sonia Ashmore is a design historian, with interest in cultural exchange and trade between Britain and Asia. Niaz Zaman is Advisor, Department of English, Independent University, Bangladesh.
Textiles from Bengal A Shared Legacy
Edited by Tirthankar Roy, Sonia Ashmore and Niaz Zaman
ONPOPULARDEMAND
crafts
576 pages, 3500 colour photographs & 140 maps
9.5 x 13.5” (241 x 343 mm), hc
ISBN: 978-81-88204-57-1
4950 | $85 | £65 Third reprint Aug. 2024 |
Published in association with COHANDS and National Institute of Design
Crafts of India Handmade in India
Aditi Ranjan and M.P. Ranjan
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 out the regional craft clusters identified across the country on the basis of prevailing craft-work patterns. Some of the crafts are unique to a place, such as the pinjrakari and khatumb and wood work of Kashmir, blue pottery of Jaipur, chikankari embroidery of Lucknow, the kannadi or metal mirrors from Aranmula, chappal s or footwear from Kolhapur, and the bamboo craft of Assam. Other, lesser known, crafts such as the paabu or stitched boots from Ladakh, jadupatua paintings from Jharkhand, the making of Kathakali and Theyyam headgear, khadi or tinsel printing in Ahmedabad have also been described in striking detail.
The first-of-its-kind ever attempted, this volume with stunning photographs has proven to be tremendous resource for product and textile designers, artists, architects, interior designers, collectors, development professionals and connoisseurs alike.
Aditi Ranjan is an Indian textile designer, educator and researcher in the field of Indian crafts. She taught at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, from 1974 to 2012. M.P. Ranjan was an independent academic and industrial designer. He taught at the National Institute of Design for several years.
“... takes on the monumental task of examining the eye-popping variety of handicrafts made across India’s vast landscape... The thousands of objects pictured here, and accompanied by detailed notes, include terracotta jewelry, leather puppets, wood carvings, bamboo baskets and silver ornaments. ... visually stunning display.”
The Wall Street Journal
“This is a magnificent work, a fabulous reference book, a virtual encyclopaedia of Indian handicrafts... As an encyclopaedia of Indian crafts, Handmade in India is pioneering and comprehensive. Nothing of this kind has ever been published before.”
—Jyotindra Jain in Biblio: A Review of Books
“An important book... craft values are important for a sustainable future... an astounding 516 types of specific regional crafts are covered... All readers will be impressed.”
Gold Medal in Crafts category at ForeWord Book of the Year Award
crafts, design & fashion
264 pages, 331 images
9.9 x 13.5” (252 x 343 mm), hc
ISBN: 978-93-85360-88-6
4500 | $75 | £55 Spring 2025 |
Published in association with Amrapali Museum, Jaipur
the
amrapali collection
Silver and Gold Visions of
Arcadia
Usha R. Balakrishnan
For as long as Indians have adorned themselves, they have sought to wear jewels that conveyed beauty, power and status. Jewels are believed to provide protection, hope, luck and well-being. More than 40 years ago, two friends, united by a passion for the decorative arts, embarked on an exploration of these unique jewels of India. They were motivated by the everyday jewels of the people in the villages—to discover the sources of their inspiration and to unravel the complex ritual of adornment that resulted in ornaments being fabricated for every part of the body, from the top of the head to the toes. What resulted were visions of Arcadia, leading to the creation of the Amrapali Collection of Indian Jewellery, one of the largest collections of pastoral silver jewellery in the world.
The manifold communities that this collection represents come from different religions, with linguistic differences and diverse cultural sensibilities, but the land that the jewels encompass is geographically contiguous. Beyond adornment, the Amrapali collection presents a vision of harmony with nature, with forms and motifs that draw upon nature and the cosmos, and materials such as shells, grass and bone. They exhibit the amazing technical expertise of simple gold- and silversmiths. This volume presents the jewels in all their glory, not as museum objects or as relics of the past but as a visual language communicating design, aesthetics, tradition and, above all, the artistic expression of adorning the body.
Dr. Usha R. Balakrishnan is the Chief Curator of the World Diamond Museum and a pre-eminent historian of Indian jewellery. She is the author of several publications, including Alamkara: The Beauty of Ornament, and has co-authored most recently Treasures of the Deccan: Jewels of the Nizams, one of the two-volume publication devoted to the fabulous jewels and seminal collection of paintings inherited by the Nizams of Hyderabad. Her curatorial projects include ‘India: Jewels that Enchanted the World’ at the Moscow Kremlin Museum, ‘Enduring Splendor: The Jewelry of India’s Thar Desert’ at the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, and ‘Shringara: Adornment’ at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) Museum, Mumbai.
Visions of Arcadia
Silver and Gold
Usha R. Balakrishnan
AMRAPALI COLLECTION
Unmyth
Works and Worlds of Mithu Sen
Edited by Irina Aristarkhova
modern & contemporary art
364 pages, 146 photographs
8.25 x 10.25” (210 x 260 mm), hc-plc
ISBN: 978-93-94501-87-4
3500 | $70 | £49 Nov. 2024 |
Published in association with Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
This artist monograph presents a first comprehensive study of the artwork of Mithu Sen, a major contemporary artist and poet based in New Delhi, India. Sen’s work spans over two decades of making and hundreds of exhibitions, projects, performances, and word art, unveiling an unparalleled history of experiments with materials and concepts. The book’s title ‘UNMYTH’ speaks to Sen’s impactful and impacting work in all its multiplicity and complexity.
Sen’s art imagines new worlds for us, including to escape to and from. Some elements are familiar, others are alien. As with myths, they are lulling and disturbing at the same time. These worlds are built around the key concepts in Sen’s work: ‘mything’, ‘unmything’ and ‘postmything’; radical hospitality; ‘untaboo’ sexuality; lingual anarchy; critiquing institutions and countering capitalism; ‘unmonolith’ identity; byproducts and contract. These and other concepts are engaged with systematically in wide-ranging essays, written by eminent scholars, curators, and critics who have followed Sen’s work for many years. The artist herself contributes conceptual captions, dispersed citations, and the experimental ‘Fictional Interview’.
With contributions by Nancy Adajania , Irina Aristarkhova , Sushmita Chatterjee, Max Delany, Mithu Sen, and Karin Zitzewitz
Nancy Adajania is a cultural theorist and curator based in Bombay who has curated a number of pathbreaking exhibitions. Irina Aristarkhova is Professor at Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan. Dr. Sushmita Chatterjee is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ethnic and Gender Studies at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Max Delany is Artistic Director at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Karin Zitzewitz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland.
MITHU SEN uNmyth
Alchemy Contemporary Indian Painting and Miniature Traditions
Geeti Sen
art
148 pages, 69 illustrations
8 x 10.25” (203 x 260 mm), sc with gatefold
ISBN: 978-93-94501-63-8
1500 | $25 | £20 Nov. 2024 |
A miniature painting holds wondrous powers, beyond its defined space. A single image can summon up a world of adventures, enclosed chambers, gardens, rivers, lakes, forests, flowers, and an infinite variety of trees in bloom. Miniatures were conceived as sets of narrative illustrations based on classic texts such as the Gita Govinda , the Ramayana , the Bhagavata Purana , the Ragamala and the Rasamanjari. The representation of the nayaka and the nayika —the hero and heroine—is perhaps the most popular theme, focusing on dramatic enactment and the impermanence of emotions. Miniatures continue to hold their appeal well into the 21st century. Contemporary artists of importance have imbibed influences from miniature traditions, in technique, theme and colouration. This book explores a relationship between Indian contemporary painting and inspiration from medieval miniatures.
The author has selected to study the art of five significant artists— Abanindranath Tagore, Manjit Bawa, Waswo X. Waswo, Rakesh Vijayvargiya, and Nilima Sheikh—who have resourced and reinvented iconic traditions, with different perspectives and using different techniques. Accompanied with splendid illustrations, the essays bring to attention the Indian art of today, with the magical transformation of older concepts and techniques in miniature painting into contemporary practice.
Geeti Sen is a cultural historian, professor, art critic and editor, trained at the Universities of Chicago and Calcutta. Sen was the art critic for The Times of India, Mumbai, Assistant Editor at Marg, the prestigious art journal, art critic for India Today, New Delhi, and from 1990 to 2006, she was appointed the Chief Editor at the India International Centre, New Delhi. She is the author of several books, including Feminine Fables: Imaging the Indian Woman in Painting, Photography and Cinema (Mapin, 2002) and Bindu: Space and Time in Raza’s Vision (1992, reprint 2020).
whose
ramayana is it anyway?
art & culture
144 pages, 90 colour illustrations
8 x 10.25" (203 x 260 mm), sc with gatefold
ISBN: 978-93-85360-54-1
1500 | $25 | £20 April 2024 |
Whose Ramayana Is It Anyway?
Natasha Sarkar
If there is one grand tale that has impacted Asia, it has to be the Ramayana, the great Indian epic. In this sumptuously illustrated volume, the author highlights the various South and Southeast Asian traditions and variations of the tale with nearly a hundred superb watercolour paintings.
That this ancient narrative has adapted itself to multiple art forms is not surprising, given the diversity of its retellings in both literary and non-literary forms—oral narratives, dance dramas, plays, and more. From India, the Rama tale is presumed to have travelled along three routes: by land, the northern route took the story from Punjab and Kashmir into China, Tibet, and East Turkestan; by sea, the southern route carried the story from Gujarat and South India into Java, Sumatra, and Malaya; and again by land, the eastern route delivered the story from Bengal into Burma, Thailand, Laos, and to some extent, Cambodia and Vietnam. In Indonesia and Malaysia, the epic has been incorporated into the Islamic tradition; Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and Cambodia adopted Hindu divinities from the Rama story into its fold.
With stunning original art, this volume celebrates this all-inclusive tradition of the epic, foregrounding it as a cultural phenomenon across time and space.
Natasha Sarkar is a commissioning editor, artist, and an independent researcher, having earned her PhD in History from the National University of Singapore. A recipient of The People’s Choice Award at Brisbane Art Prize 2017 and a finalist for The Social Art Award 2017 instituted by the Institute for Art and Innovation e.V., Berlin, her works have been exhibited at events both nationally and internationally. Sarkar had a solo show, ‘Ram Katha Unlimited’, at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, in December 2016.
RAZA
modern & contemporary art
128 pages, 103 illustrations and 5 photographs
10 x 11” (254 x 279 mm), hc
ISBN: 978-93-94501-88-1
1950 | $40 | £26 April 2024 |
Published in association with Progressive Art Gallery, New Delhi, and The Raza Foundation, New Delhi
Raza
The Other Modern
Geeti Sen, Yashodhara Dalmia, Gayatri Sinha Foreword by Ashok Vajpeyi
With his Indian vision and French sens de la plastique coalescing to create a unique modernism, S. H. Raza has been a master of colours, concepts and creativity. From his early expressionist works to the mesmerizing abstraction of his later years, Raza’s artistic evolution is a testimony to his relentless pursuit of truth through colour and form.
As an artist, Raza moved through many dualities, namely home and exile, colour and concept, imagination and thought, modernity and memory, creativity and invention, locale and universality, passion and meditation, anxiety and silence, time and eternity; and also, in a way, between River Narmada of his childhood and the Parisian river Seine from his adulthood. His journey is a testament to the power of artistic vision and cultural amalgamation.
Raza: The Other Modern celebrates the artist’s outstanding body of work and invites the viewer to explore the depth of his artistic genius. One of the most significant exhibitions of Raza’s work to be held in Dubai, it is a quest through the evolving phases of Raza’s life and artistic endeavours.
Ashok Vajpeyi is a New Delhi-based Hindi poet-critic who has written poetry and criticism of literature, music and visual arts in many publications. He is the recipient of many national and international awards, including the “Officier De L’Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres,” from the Government of France. Geeti Sen is a cultural historian, professor, art critic and editor, trained at the Universities of Chicago and Calcutta. A new and revised edition of her seminal work Bindu: Space and Time in Raza’s Vision has been recently published by Mapin Publishing and the Raza Foundation. Yashodhara Dalmia is an independent art historian and curator based in New Delhi. Among her publications are Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life, The Making of Modern Indian Art and the recently published Raza: The Journey of An Iconic Artist (2021). Gayatri Sinha is a critic, editor and curator. She has curated many important shows and written extensively about modern and contemporary Indian art. Since 2011, she has directly supported knowledge in the arts through her initiative Critical Collective, which is the first such art archive and news magazine on Indian art.
ELLORA
archaeology
240 pages, 200 illustrations
9.5 x 11.5” (241 x 292 mm), hc
ISBN: 978-93-85360-80-0
3950 | $65 | £45 Fall 2025 |
Ellora
Cross-Fertilization of Style in Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Cave Temples
Edited by Deepanjana Klein and Arno Klein • Photographs by Arno Klein
Ellora attempts the first systematic overview of the Ellora cave temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, excavated between 600–1000 CE and the only cave temple site that houses Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain caves. This volume looks at each of these three groups of rock-cut temples and the stylistic influences they drew from each other and from surrounding regions.
Essays and analyses by scholars bring a comprehensive understanding of the chronology and stylistic development of the 34 main caves and lesser caves of the site. Ellora also includes extensive photographic documentation, ground plans, and rarely seen early 19th-century etchings of the most significant caves.
With contributions by Stanislaw J. Czuma, Nicolas Morrissey, Lisa N. Owen, Vidya Dehejia, Pia Brancaccio and Arno Klein
Deepanjana Klein is the Director of Acquisitions and Development at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. Stanislaw J. Czuma was the George P. Bickford Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art for over 30 years. Nicolas Morrissey is an Assistant Professor of Asian Art and Religion at the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. Lisa N. Owen is an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas. Vidya Dehejia is the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University. Pia Brancaccio is an Associate Professor of Art History at Drexel University. Arno Klein is a scientist at the Child Mind Institute in New York City.
Devotion and Splendour
A Story of the Caves at Ajanta
Rupika Chawla
art
292 pages, 250 illustrations
9.5 x 11.5” (241 x 292 mm), hc
ISBN: 978-93-85360-79-4
4500 | $70 | £50 Fall 2025 |
The Ajanta Caves, in western India, are rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments, worked upon from the 2nd century BCE to about the 6th century CE and containing paintings and sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art. This volume, by the noted scholar of art Rupika Chawla, explores the life of the Buddha and his teachings through the paintings of Ajanta.
Beginning with the mathematical and architectural achievements of the Vedic age which influenced the carvings of the Ajanta Caves, the author traces the birth of the Buddha and his path to enlightenment through the paintings. Several of his basic tenets, the growth of his sangha and the discipline inculcated into the monks, his attitude to women and the conversions he did in good faith are discussed with the Ajanta images as the central point. The various dynasties who propagated Buddhism—including the Satvahanas, under whom the making of the Caves commenced—and the defeat of various patrons, which led to the abandonment of the Caves, are explored with relevant images. Separate chapters highlight the Jataka tales, influenced by Hindu and Buddhist oral traditions, Naga (humanised versions of snakes) stories, and the history of maritime trade as narrated by the paintings in the Ajanta Caves.
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 and is the author of the seminal work Raja Ravi Varma: Painter of Colonial India (Mapin, revised reprint 2024).
Rupika Chawla
Devotion and Splendour A Story of the Caves at Ajanta
212 pages, 60 photographs, 2 drawings and 7 maps
6.5 x 9.5” (165 x 241 mm),
sc with gatefold
ISBN: 978-93-85360-96-1
1750 | $35 | £25
Fall 2025 |
128 pages, 108 photographs, 36 drawings and 18 maps
7.16 x 9.25” (182 x 235 mm), sc with gategold
ISBN: 978-93-85360-97-8
1295 | $35 | £25 Fall 2025 |
128 pages, 65 photographs and 18 drawings
8.27 x 11.69” (210 x 297 mm), sc with gatefold
ISBN: 978-81-89995-98-0
1500 | $35 | £25 Spring 2025 |
Published in association with Aga Khan Trust for Culture, New Delhi
learning from india series
Learning from Ahmedabad
Practising Architecture in Urban India
Gert-Jan Scholte, Pelle Poiesz and Sanne Vanderkaaij Gandhi
After the success of Learning from Mumbai and Learning from Delhi (Mapin 2013, 2016), the authors of the Learning from India series continue to unravel the lessons that can be learned from practising architecture and urban planning in India’s first World Heritage City—Ahmedabad. With essays, maps and a series of interviews with architects, planners, educators and artists who live and work in the city, Learning from Ahmedabad will be of significance to students and practitioners of architecture and planning, as well as people interested in Ahmedabad and its built environment.
Dutch architects Pelle Poiesz and Gert-Jan Scholte studied architecture at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and at Sir J.J. College of Architecture in Mumbai. Sanne Vanderkaaij Gandhi is a researcher and writer based in Mumbai.
Learning from Patna Riverfront
Nishant Lall
Learning from Patna Riverfront chronicles a unique revitalization programme at the River Ganges in Patna. For a city with its back to the river, with isolated ghat s, this project proposes a comprehensive development solution addressing vital concerns such as public space and civic amenities, along with environmental awareness and ecological restoration. Engaging a long stretch along the river, the proposed development includes 6.5 kilometres of promenades, community, education and recreational buildings as well as food kiosks, ecological landscaping and other public amenities, creating larger usable open spaces and attracting people of all ages.
Nishant Lall, an urban designer and architect from UCLA (University of California Los Angeles), is currently an expert on urban design with the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Group at World Bank India.
Stone Craftsmanship
Conservation & Possibilities
Compiled by Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Over a hundred stone craftsmen worked for over three years on the Humayun’s Tomb conservation project using the same tools and techniques that would have been used by craftsmen who built the tomb in the 16th century. Though sandstone crafts skills survive in India, the building crafts sector has not received the same attention as the handicrafts sector even as more people can find employment in this industry. This documentary-publication aims at allowing architects, sculptors, artists, and engineers the systems, tools, techniques, process and benefits handcrafting stone elements brings. Cost, quality, ageing comparisons with machine-cut stone show how handcrafted stonework can have favourable cost benefit.
Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture projects promote the conservation and re-use of buildings and public spaces in historic cities in ways that can spur social, economic and cultural development.
josef wirsching archive
Bombay Talkies An Unseen History of Indian Cinema
Edited by Debashree Mukherjee Foreword by Georg Wirsching
cinema
192 pages, 165 photographs
9.65 x 11.5” (245 x 292 mm), hc
ISBN: 978-93-85360-78-7
3950 | $75 | £55 2023 |
Published in association with The Alkazi Collection of Photography, New Delhi
Celestial
A Love Poem
Abhay K.
CELESTIAL
The Planetary King Humayun Padshah, Inventor and Visionary on the Mughal Throne
Ebba Koch
THE PLANETARY KING
poetry & art
160 pages, 46 illustrations
6.75 x 8.75” (171.5 x 222 mm), hc-plc
ISBN: 978-93-94501-15-7
1199 | $25 | £ 20 2023 |
art & history
384 pages, 273 images
9.75 x 11.75” (247.6 x 298 mm), hc
ISBN: 978-93-85360-98-5
3950 | $70 | £49 Nov. 2022 |
Co-published with Aga Khan Trust for Culture
“a rare, treasured volume... offers cinephiles a glimpse of filmmaking through the gaze of a cinematographer ”
Suhani Singh , India Today
“a stunning collection of photographs and film stills from the Josef Wirsching Archive and the Alkazi Collection of Photography along with insightful essays—presents a glimpse into the art of filmmaking in the early days of Indian cinema.”
—ON Stage
“Here is the perfect companion to any stargazing app—Abhay K’s delightful poem Celestial distills the poetic wisdom of the ages in splendid rhyming couplets.”
Christopher Merrill, poet, Director, International Writing Program, The University of Iowa
“These starry-eyed poems are born of a sorcery of voice and discovery, and strike a delicate balance between solitude and waywardness.”
Jayanta Mahapatra, poet, translator
“In this sumptuous book, studded with fine paintings and incisive commentary, Ebba Koch, the foremost historian of medieval Indian architecture, has unpacked Humayun’s complex personality...”
Shahid Amin , India Today
“...combining visual appeal with engrossing text to provide a wholesome reading experience.”
—The Week
Edited by Debashree Mukherjee
Abhay K.
Ebba Koch
Humayun Padshah Inventor and Visionary on Throne
BACKLIST
Shringara of Shrinathji
From the Collection of the Late Gokal Lal Mehta
ISBN: 978-93-85360-86-2, hc 9500 | $295 | £215 • 2021 •
Art and Independence
“A captivating volume…” Sunday Herald (Deccan Herald)
“What makes the collection of portraits remarkable is that it introduces the viewer to an entire universe of different aspects and moods of worship without diluting its impact. ”
Geeta Doctor, OPEN
“
…a majestic visual anthology” —The Print
“Dr. John Guy... makes an important contribution for the recognition of Srimati’s contribution to Modern Indian Art. The catalogue... is exemplary...”
The New Indian Express
Y. G. Srimati and the Indian Style
Portraits of Devotion
Popular Manorath Paintings from Nathdwara in the Collection of Anil Relia
ISBN: 978-93-85360-67-1, sc 1500 | $35 | £25 • 2019 •
“The [book] stands as a noteworthy text for documenting the sacred rituals and practices of the Vallabha community... the vibrant visuality allows even a lay reader to interact with the Pushtimarg tradition.”
Sama Haq, Critical Collective
In the Service of Krishna Illustrating the Lives of Eighty-Four Vaishnavas from a 1702 Manuscript
ISBN: 978-93-85360-55-8, hc 2950 | $65 | £50 • 2019 •
ISBN: 978-93-85360-40-4, hc 1750 | $40 | £32 • 2019 • “There are innumerable books published on Jangarh but Jangarh Singh Shyam: A Conjuror’s Archive seems like the definitive account on an extraordinarily talented artist, written poignantly by an art historian who was fortunate enough to witness firsthand Jangarh’s meteoric rise.”
Paper Jewels
Postcards from the Raj
ISBN: 978-81-89995-85-0, hc
3500 | $65 | £45 • 2018 •
“Omar Khan’s Paper Jewels is a refreshing account of the Raj, brought to life through a delightful collection of postcards… More than a must-read, it is a must-have volume!”
Shashi
Tharoor, author and Member of Parliament
Jangarh Singh Shyam A Conjuror’s Archive
ISBN: 978-93-85360-63-3, hc 1950 | $35 | £25 • 2019 •
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose, Deccan Chronicle
SHRINGARA of SHRINATHJI
Tree & Serpent
Early Buddhist Art in India
ISBN: 978-93-94501-16-4 3950 | $65 •
“This richly illustrated volume has artefacts from museums across India, Europe and the United States of America. Each of the artworks in the book is used to tell the story of the evolution of Buddhism, its allure, its spread outside India...among many other interesting facets.”
Srimoyee Bagchi, The Telegraph
Vishnu Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior
ISBN: 978-81-89995-48-5, hc
3500 | $75 | £48 • 2011 •
“…does justice to the vast topic and the illustrations are superb and with many of them probably never displayed, are well worth admiring in this tastefully designed tome.”
“[P]ublications like this... [present] the multi-facets of Khusrau’s genius in new lights and with such comprehensive, grand and colourful ways that have never been experienced before.”
Jashn-e-Khusrau 2013 Celebrating the Genius of Amir Khusrau
ISBN: 978-81-89995-87-4, hc
2500 | $65 | £40 • 2014
Ravindra Singh, IAS (Former Secretary, Ministry of Culture), in the Foreword
Celebrating Rahim
Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
ISBN: 978-93-85360-27-5, hc 2950 | $60 | £40 • 2017
“Rahim, worthy of becoming a national icon, gives a roadmap for India’s future.”
Syeda Hameed, The Indian Express
The Hindu
The Body Adorned Dissolving Boundaries between Sacred and Profane in India’s Art
ISBN: 978-81-89995-04-1, hc
1850 | $45 | £29 • 2009 •
South Indian Paintings A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection
ISBN: 978-81-89995-39-3, hc
3200 | $75 | £50 • 2010 •
The Flute and The Lotus Romantic Moments in Indian Poetry and Painting
ISBN: 978-81-85822-89-1, hc 1950 | $49.50 | £33 • 2002 •
Living Traditions in Indian Art Museum of Sacred Art
ISBN: 978-81-89995-41-6, hc
2500 | $65 | £45 • 2010 •
Paintings of the Razmnama The Book of War
ISBN: 978-81-88204-50-2, hc
2000 | $65 | £42 • 2005 •
“…a catalogue that compresses the essence of the museum exhibits and communicates the spirit of popular and contemporary Indian spiritual art to the West.”
The Hindu
Wonder of the Age Master Painters of India 1100–1900
ISBN: 978-81-89995-60-7, hc
2100 | $45 | £30 • 2011 •
“The most important Indian painting exhibition for decades, ‘Wonder of the Age’ has much to engage, delight and educate specialists and is as inspiring an introduction as a neophyte could hope to find. If you cannot go in person to New York, be sure to buy the catalogue. It is an education and a treat.”
The Economist
Geet Govinda Paintings in Kanheri Style
ISBN: 978-81-88204-18-2, sc 995 | $35 | £25 • 2006 •
Feminine Fables Imaging the Indian Woman in Painting, Photography and Cinema
ISBN: 978-81-85822-88-4, hc
2000 | $45 | £34 • 2002 •
“[The text] moves smoothly and is informative for those not acquainted with previous scholarship on the poem.”
Kapila Vatsyayan in Marg
Parvati Goddess of Love
ISBN: 978-81-85822-59-4, hc
750 | $19.95 | £13.50 • 1999 •
“This book is a celebration of Goddess Parvati in which the author brings to the reader the various aspects and manifestations of the goddess. A wellillustrated book. ”
—Swagat
One Continuous Line
Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash
ISBN: 978-81-89995-68-3, hc
3950 | $65 | £50 • 2020 •
Gandhi Bhawan Documenting and Conserving Modern Heritage of India
ISBN: 978-93-85360-53-4, sc
1250 | $29.50 | £20 • 2019 •
Brinda Somaya Works and Continuities
ISBN: 978-93-85360-23-7, hc-plc
3950 | $70 | £55 • 2018 •
Courtyard Houses of India
Courtyard Houses of India
ISBN: 978-93-85360-09-1
4500 | $75 | £55
Resurgent Modernism
The Architecture of Namita Singh
ISBN: 978-93-94501-01-0, hc
₹1500 | $45 | £35 • 2023 •
Balkrishna Doshi Paths Uncharted
ISBN: 978-93-85360-62-6
1695 | $34 | £29
Blueprint
ISBN: 978-93-85360-33-6, sc
2500 | $45 | £35 • 2019 •
“Blueprint is a… heavily illustrated biography through buildings that Bhatia has designed across his career and plans that were built and not built. At the same time, it is a meditation on what separates architecture from mere design and building, on the life of buildings, on the graph from conception to realisation to eventual, inevitable ruin—the full life-cycle of the process of architectural conception.”
Ruchir Joshi, India Today
auroville architects monograph series
Piero and Gloria Cicionesi
ISBN: 978-93-85360-41-1, hc
2750 | $50 | £37 • 2018 •
The Architecture of Hasmukh C. Patel
Selected Projects 1963-2003
ISBN: 978-93-85360-07-7, hc
4500 | $70 | £55 • 2016 •
“The strength of the book is its sumptuous illustrations. The diagrams that accompany the illustrations help convey the analysis.”
Concepts of Space in Traditional Indian Architecture
ISBN: 978-81-89995-75-1, sc
1395 | $35 | £25 •
The
Hindu
Elements of Spacemaking
ISBN: 978-81-89995-74-4, sc 1195 | $26 | £19 •
Learning from Delhi Practising Architecture in Urban India
ISBN: 978-93-85360-12-1, sc
1500 | $35 | £23 • 2016 •
Learning from Mumbai Practising Architecture in Urban India
ISBN: 978-81-89995-81-2, sc
1195 | $35 | £23 • 2013 •
Designing for Modern India INI Design Studio
ISBN: 978-93-85360-16-9, hc
3950 | $75 | £58 • 2016 •
transport
series Innovations in Design Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit System
Lattice of Divine Light in Mughal Architecture
ISBN: 978-93-85360-74-9 2950 | $65 | £49 •
Wooden Architecture of Kerala
ISBN: 978-93-85360-22-0 2950 | $65 | £50
ISBN: 978-81-89995-93-5, sc 1200 | $35 | £22 • 2014 • modernism in india series The Architecture of Shivdatt Sharma
ISBN: 978-81-89995-67-6, hc
1500 | $45 | £29 • 2012 •
Lattice of Divine Light
Monsoon Mosques Arrival of Islam and the Development of a Mosque Vernacular
ISBN: 978-93-85360-70-1, sc 1750 | $35 | £25 • 2021 •
Royal Tombs of India 13th to 18th Century
ISBN: 978-81-89995-10-2, hc 1850 | $65 | £42 • 2009 •
HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION
Mosques of Cochin
ISBN: 978-81-89995-24-9, sc 595 | $20 | £12.95 • 2011 •
The Kailas at Ellora A New View of a Misunderstood Masterwork
ISBN: 978-81-89995-86-7, hc 2250 | $49.50 | £29 • 2015 •
Elephant Kingdom Sculptures from Indian Architecture
ISBN: 978-81-88204-68-7, sc 995 | $35 | £25 • 2007 •
Bhuj
Art, Architecture, History
ISBN: 978-81-88204-53-3, sc 2000 | $65 | £40 • 2006 •
Humayun’s Tomb Conservation
ISBN: 978-81-89995-96-6, sc 1295 | $35 | £27 • 2017 •
Living Heritage of Mewar Architecture of the City Palace, Udaipur
ISBN: 978-93-85360-18-3, hc 2950 | $65 | £50 • 2017 •
Celebrating Public Spaces of India
ISBN: 978-93-85360-08-4, sc 1800 | $39.50 | £30 • 2016 •
Indian Crafts Interiors
ISBN: 978-93-85360-94-7, hc
2950 | $60 | £49.90 • 2023 •
“The ingenious of indigenous—an inspirational lookbook of Indian materials and
traditional
craftsmanship brought to life”
Tanvee
Abhyankar, ELLE DECOR
Handloom and Handicrafts of Gujarat
ISBN: 978-81-89995-71-3, hc
2500 | $55 | £35 • 2012 •
“…this edition remains a valuable and irreplaceable piece of documentation.”
TimeOut Bengaluru
Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition 1883, Volume 1 FACSIMILE EDITION
ISBN: 978-81-89995-54-6, hc
7500 | $175 | £125 • 2011 •
Mutable
Ceramic and Clay Art in India Since 1947
ISBN: 978-93-85360-56-5, sc
1950 | $45 | £35 • 2021 •
Gifts of Earth
Terracottas and Clay Sculptures of India
ISBN: 978-81-85822-09-9, hc
2250 | $75 | £48 • 1996 •
Temple Potters of Puri
ISBN: 978-81-89995-09-6, hc
3500 | $65 | £42 • 2013 •
Nominated for RL Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award 2015, Textile Society of America
Kalamkari Temple Hangings
ISBN: 978-93-85360-04-6, hc
2950 | $65 | £35 • 2015 •
Gift of Conquerors Hand Papermaking in India
ISBN: 978-81-85822-07-5, hc
5000 | $125 | £85 • 1999 •
“...glossy coffee table production and scholarly treatises... combined in one wonderful package.”
—
Laila Tyabji
Sonabai
Another Way of Seeing
ISBN: 978-81-89995-28-7, sc
1200 | $29.50 | £19.95 • 2009 •
Ganesh Haloi
A Rhythm Surfaces in the Mind
ISBN: 978-93-85360-85-5, hc
2500 | $65 | £50 • 2022 •
“...foster[s] a better understanding of Haloi and his magnetic abstractions... studded with several watercolours and sketches...providing a glimpse into Haloi’s artistic development.”
Shaikh Ayaz, OPEN
Modern Indian Works on Paper from the Gaur Collection
ISBN: 978-93-94501-07-2, hc
“...rare piece of scholarly writing about works on paper from postIndependence India.”
Avantika Bhuyan, Mint Lounge
“...powerfully depicts the complexities of Indian modernity and the way they play out in rural and urban realities.”
The Week Paper Trails
2500 | $45 | £35 • 2022 •
Space and Time in Raza’s Vision
ISBN: 978-93-85360-81-7, sc 1950 | $39 | £31 2021 •
Sayed Haider Raza
Sayed Haider Raza
Sayed Haider
Raza
ISBN: 978-93-85360-87-9 (English)
3500 | $60 | £49
ISBN: 978-93-85360-91-6 (French)
$60 | €45 hc-plc • 2023 •
Jitish Kallat
Ebrahim Alkazi: Directing Art The Making of a Modern Indian Art World
ISBN: 978-93-85360-10-7, hc 5500 | $85 | £55 • 2016 •
“...the writing around the work is both informative and illuminating, any owner of the book will spend long and happy hours flicking between the 100 paintings fully reproduced here, as well as the illustrated timeline with which the book concludes.”
Ruchir Joshi, India Today
“The monograph, a marvellously produced tome, attempts to chronicle [Kallat’s artistic] shifts over time… it is a meditative … rumination on the artist’s journey.”
Anindita Ghose, LiveMint
ISBN: 978-93-85360-28-2, hc with 3-edge printing
3950 | $49.95 | £39.99 • 2018 •
“…a valuable document in an area of scant research.”
The Hindu Lightning by M.F. Husain
ISBN: 978-93-85360-68-8, hc-plc 2950 | $65 | £50 • 2019 •
ENGLISH
Manish Pushkale
Jayashree Chakravarty
Carte Blanche à Manish Pushkale
To Whom the Bird Should Speak?
ISBN: 978-93-94501-42-3, sc 1950 | $39.50 | £26 • 2023 •
Sense and Sensation Ganesh Haloi 2021
ISBN: 978-93-85360-93-0, sc 995 | $30 | £22 • 2021 •
The Painter of Light
ISBN: 978-93-85360-30-5, sc 1950 | $39.50 | £26 • 2016 •
Ganesh Haloi Form & Play
ISBN: 978-93-85360-69-5, sc 1500 | $37.50 | £23 • 2019 •
Reverie with Raza On the Occasion of Nirantar: An Aesthetic Continuum
ISBN: 978-93-85360-15-2, hc 1500 | $37.50 | £23 • 2016 •
Gandhi in Raza
ISBN: 978-93-85360-32-9, sc 1500 | $37.50 | £23 • 2017 •
Mapping with Figures The Evolving Art of KS Radhakrishnan
ISBN: 978-93-85360-14-5, hc 1950 | $39.50 | £26 • 2016 •
A wired ecology • feeling the pulse
ISBN: 978-93-94501-08-9, sc 1950 | $39.50 | £26 • 2023 •
Ganesh Haloi The Feeling Eye
ISBN: 978-93-85360-26-8, sc 1950 | $39.50 | £26 • 2017 •
Continuing Traditions
ISBN: 978-93-85360-02-2, sc 1200 | $35 | £25 • 2015 •
Karkhana
A Studio in Rajasthan
ISBN: 978-93-85360-99-2, hc
₹2950 | $60 | £45 • 2022 •
“...his [Waswo’s] new book Karkhana: A Studio in Rajasthan captures the multiplicity of his life and work here.
At times it’s a photo book that recounts his oeuvre; sometimes it’s a travelogue that whisks us off to Udaipur where he is based; then it transitions into an autobiography, as Waswo reflects on the spirit of collaboration that has fuelled his decades-long practice.”
—Ritupriya Basu Architectural Digest
Songs of the Soil: Modernist Melody The Art of Manoj Dutta
ISBN: 978-93-85360-76-3, hc-plc 4500 | $75 | £55 • 2020 •
Rooted Landscapes
The Art of Rini Dhumal
ISBN: 978-81-89995-45-4, hc
2500 | $65 | £55 • 2010 •
“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
Modern Indian Painting
Jane & Kito de Boer Collection
ISBN: 978-93-85360-58-9, hc
3500 | $65 | £50 • 2019 •
Crossing Boundaries
The Art of Lee Waisler
ISBN: 978-81-85822-94-8, hc
1500 | $50 | £30 • 2002 •
Parallel Wings
The Art of Rini Dhumal
ISBN: 978-93-85360-29-9, hc
2500 | $65 | £40 • 2017 •
“… [an] enormous compendium… What unravel are layers of deliberations and ponderings, like the opening petals of a blooming lotus.”
Akrita Reyar, Times Now
Francis Newton Souza Bridging Western and Indian Modern Art
ISBN: 978-81-88204-63-2, hc
3500 | $65 | £40 • 2006 •
Drawn to Life Sketchbooks of Rini Dhumal
ISBN: 978-81-89995-53-9, hc
2500 | $65 | £40 • 2014 •
NANDITA CHAUDHURI UNMASKED Reflections in Brush & Ink
ISBN: 978-93-94501-43-0
4950 | $75 | £55
Krishen Khanna Images in My Time
ISBN: 978-81-88204-95-3, hc
2000 | $60 | £38 • 2007 •
Alternate Lyricism Jehangir Jani
ISBN: 978-81-88204-65-6, hc
1500 | $50 | £32 • 2006 •
The Dancer on the Horse Reflections on the Art of Iranna G.R.
ISBN: 978-81-88204-92-2, hc
1500 | $60 | £39 • 2007 •
Manu Parekh Banaras: Eternity Watches Time
ISBN: 978-81-88204-93-9, hc
2000 | $70 | £35 • 2007 •
Krishen Khanna The Embrace of Love
ISBN: 978-81-88204-62-5, hc
1500 | $45 | £29 • 2005 •
Lines from an Artistic Life The Drawings of Adimoolam
ISBN: 978-81-88204-94-6, hc
1200 | $55 | £36 • 2007 •
chola migrations
Krishen Khanna
ISBN: 978-81-88204-98-4, hc
1500 | $60 | £39 • 2007 •
The Art of Adimoolam
ISBN: 978-81-88204-55-7, hc
1500 | $45 | £29 • 2005 •
NANDITA CHAUDHURI
New Narratives
Contemporary Art from India
ISBN: 978-81-88204-82-3, hc
1850 | $50 | £30 • 2007 •
MUSEUM COLLECTION
Krishna’s Cosmos
The Creativity of an Artist, Sculptor and Teacher
ISBN: 978-81-88204-16-8, hc
1750 | $45 | £30 • 2003 •
Museums of Rajasthan
ISBN: 978-81-89995-22-5, hc
3000 | $65 | £42 • 2009 •
ISBN: 978-81-89995-23-2, sc
1500 | $30 | £19 • 2009 •
Feet & Footwear in Indian Culture
ISBN: 978-81-85822-69-3, hc
2000 | $60 | £39.50 • 2000 •
An Unreasoned Act of Being Sculptures by Himmat Shah
ISBN: 978-81-88204-91-5, hc
1500 | $60 | £30 • 2007 •
Treasures of the Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur
ISBN: 978-81-89995-26-3, hc
1295 | $35 | £23 • 2009 •
Jewels on the Crescent Masterpieces of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
ISBN: 978-81-88204-00-7, hc
2500 | $65 | £42 • 2002 •
“…incredible… Kumartuli, the home of master artists who craft the idols of the Devi, comes alive in the book.”
Nirmal
Moulding the Void Mother in the Making
ISBN: 978-93-85360-42-8, hc
3500 | $65 | £52 • 2019 •
Water Treasures of the Himalayas
ISBN: 978-81-89995-89-8, hc 2950 | $65 | £50 • 2017 •
Early Bombay Photography
ISBN: 978-81-89995-92-8, sc 1950 | $39.50 | £26 • 2014 •
and Culture in Northeast India
ISBN: 978-93-85360-25-1, hc 2950 | $55 | £50 • 2020
“[The] book is a collectible... Each of the segments comprises a fascinating assemblage of photographs... with a supportive narrative encompassing ecological, political, and socio-cultural dimensions that define this landscape.”
Divya Chopra, Journal of Landscape Architecture
Gauri Dancers
Rekha Dixit, The Week
Jovial, The Week “There are picture books, and there are books to read. This book, however, is that rare offering which has both, eye-catching visuals and a very informative text.”
“...the only Englishlanguage book on the style...There is an element of the fantastical in the book Gauri Dancers by artist Waswo X. Waswo.”
Avantika Bhuyan, livemint
ISBN: 978-93-85360-72-5, hc-plc 1800 | $50 | £35 • 2019 •
Mastering the Lens Before and After Cartier–Bresson in Pondicherry
ISBN: 978-81-89995-73-7, sc 1200 | $35 | £25 • 2012 •
Peshawar
ISBN: 978-93-85360-46-6, hc-plc 1250 | $35 | £25 • 2018 •
Photo
The Uprising of 1857
ISBN: 978-93-85360-11-4, hc
3500 | $70 | £55 • 2017 •
Vijayanagara Splendour in Ruins
ISBN: 978-81-89995-03-4, hc
2850 | $70 | £45 • 2008 •
The Marshall Albums Photography and Archaeology
ISBN: 978-81-89995-32-4, hc
3500 | $75 | £45 • 2010 •
A Vision of Splendour Indian Heritage in the Photographs of Jean Philippe Vogel, 1901–1913
ISBN: 978-81-89995-02-7, hc
2000 | $65 | £42 • 2008 •
Zen of Seeing
ISBN: 978-81-88204-54-0, hc
975 | $35 | £25 • 2007 •
Himalayan Vignettes
The Garhwal and Sikkim Treks
ISBN: 978-81-88204-23-6, hc
2000 | $60 | £40 • 2003 •
The Waterhouse Albums Central Indian Provinces
ISBN: 978-81-89995-30-0, hc
3250 | $70 | £45 • 2009 •
ISBN: 978-81-88204-14-4, hc
1950 | $50 | £32 • 2003 •
Vision from the Inner Eye
The Photographic Art of A.L. Syed
ISBN: 978-81-85822-81-5, sc
1000 | $30 | £20 • 2001 •
Gifts of Solitude
395 | $19.50 | £13 • 1990 • Traces of India Photography, Architecture and the Politics of Representation 1850–1900
ISBN: 978-81-85822-34-1, hc
Magnifying the Miniature
ISBN: 978-93-85360-45-9, sc
295 | $9.50 | £5.95 • 2020 •
My Sweet Home Childhood Stories from a Corner of the City
ISBN: 978-93-85360-19-0, sc 595 | $25 | £20 • 2017 •
How The Firefly Got Its Light The Adventurous Tale of Jugnu Rani
ISBN: 978-81-89995-34-8, sc
295 | $9.5 | £5.95 • 2012 •
Rajah King of the Jungle
ISBN: 978-81-89995-56-0, hc
ISBN: 978-81-89995-05-8, sc
395 (hc) / 295 (pb) | $16.95 | £11.95 2010 •
Art of India
A wanderINDIA drawing and colouring book
ISBN: 978-93-85360-20-6, sc
295 | $11.95 | £9.50 • 2017 •
In the Indian Night Sky
ISBN: 978-81-88204-86-1, hc-plc
395 | $17.50 | £9.95 • 2007
Rights available for Indian languages
The Kidnapping of Amir Hamza From the Hamzanama
ISBN: 978-81-88204-84-7, hc-plc
395 (hc) / 295 (plc) | $16.95 | £11.95
2007 •
The Adventures of Rama With illustrations from a 16th-century Mughal manuscript
ISBN: 978-81-89995-33-1, hc-plc
495 | $16.95 | £11.95 • 2010 •
Monkey Tales
ISBN: 978-81-89995-20-1, sc
195 | $9.50 | £6 • 2008 •
The Traveller, the Tiger, and the Very Clever Jackal
ISBN: 978-81-88204-85-4, hc-plc
295 | $17.50 | £9.95 • 2007
Rights available for Indian languages
Captured in Miniature Mughal Lives through Mughal Art
ISBN: 978-81-88204-83-0, hc-plc
395 (hc) / 295 (plc) | $16.95 | £11.95
2007 •
Children’s Books
Series Editor: Narayani Gupta
“…beautifully written... Launching this series is a good attempt at making information about historical sites accessible to children..” Jaya Bhattacharji Rose
Qutb Minar
Head in the Clouds
Story by Narayani Gupta
Illustrations by Shashi Shetye
ISBN: 978-93-85360-50-3
Mahabalipuram
The Ganga Comes to Tamilnadu
Story by Nanditha Krishna
Illustrations by Y. Venkatesh
ISBN: 978-93-85360-49-7
Sanchi
Where Tigers Fly and Lions Have Horns
Story by Sohail Hashmi
Illustrations by Pervez Rajan
ISBN: 978-93-85360-52-7
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Travelling through Time
Story by Subuhi Jiwani
Illustrations by Kishan Dev
ISBN: 978-93-85360-51-0
Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary
The Kingdom of Birds
Story by Dr. Erach Bharucha
Illustrations by Maya Ramaswamy
ISBN: 978-93-85360-48-0
EACH TITLE IN THIS SERIES IS:
32 pages with illustrations, 11.69 x 8.26" (297 x 210 mm) Landscape, sc
Series ISBN: 978-93-85360-47-3
Available in Tamil, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati lauguages.
195 | $9.50 | £5.99 (Each)
895 | $35 | £19.50 (Set of 5 books)
Fall 2018 •
The Roshni World Heritage Sites of India series aims to introduce India’s young readers to the richness of our natural and cultural heritage through UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites. Produced in association with Tata Trusts and with the blessings of UNESCO, these books offer children five exciting stories, authored by renowned historians and conservationists and beautifully illustrated by accomplished artists.
The Hegemony of Heritage Ritual and the Record in Stone
ISBN: 978-93-85360-61-9, hc-plc 1499 • 2019
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Yankee India
American Commercial and Cultural Encounters with India in the Age of Sail 1784-1860
ISBN: 978-81-85822-83-9, hc
1800 | $40 | £25 • 2001 •
The Two Faces of Beauty: Science and Art
ISBN: 978-81-89995-69-0, hc
1500 | $35 | £22 • 2014 •
India’s Film Poster Heritage
ISBN: 978-93-85360-39-8, hc-plc ₹1500 | $39 | £29 • 2021 •
Khunti Korai Bangladeshi Cuisine
ISBN: 978-81-89995-25-6, hc
750 | $25 | £15 • 2008 •
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Trilogy Curated Bookshop and Library M: 80805 90590 books@teltrilogy.com
The White Crow Books and Coffee M: 83698 63437 virat.chandhok@ril.com
USA: ACC Art Books
M: 212-645-1111
E: ussales@accartbooks.com
New Delhi
Atlantic Publishers & Distributors T: 011-4077 5252 aipb@atlanticbooks.com
Bahrisons Booksellers T: 011-4087 0022 bahrisonsvk@gmail.com
Bahrisons Booksellers T: 0124-456 2264 bahrisonsgurgaon@gmail.com
Bahrisons Booksellers T: 011-4175 7112 bahrisons@outlook.com
Bahrisons Booksellers T: 011-4615 2700 bahrisonsbooksellers@gmail.com
Full Circle Bookstore M: 99118 77748 ashish@fullcirclebooks.in
Museo Camera M: 98107 52279 contact@museocamera.org
Sudarshan Book Distributors T: 011-4724 2701 sbdbooks@gmail.com
The Variety Book Depot. T: 011-4151 7168 varietybookdepot@gmail.com
Pune
Crossword
T: 80555 00567 shahid.shaikh@crossword.in
The Word Bookshop T: 020-2613 3118 thewordbookshop@gmail.com
Puducherry
Focus the Book Shop
T: 413-234 5513 focuspondicherry@gmail.com
Trichy
Trichy Book House M: 97503 05408 trichybookhouse@yahoo.co.in
Vijayawada
Ashok Book Centre
T: 0866-247 6966 / 247 2096 abcbooksvj@gmail.com
T: 0845 862 1730
E: sales@signaturebooksuk.com
