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Great Indian Adventure: The Life of a 19th-Century British Expat


Featuring Lord Coriander, Dr McGhee, Colonel Capsicum and the Nawab of Kabob

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Holiday inspiration: Samuel Bourne


Stark, magnificent, wild. Some of the earliest photographs ever taken of the Himalayas, and what went into their creation

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Epic Journeys


What do you seek from travel? Adventure? A sense of purpose? Or simply a change of scene? For centuries, travellers have landed up in the subcontinent looking for all of the above—with a generous sprinkling of spice. They took back indelible impressions that would inspire travelogues, paintings, photography and even some incredible maps. The voyages… Read more »

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Before Google Maps


The exquisite pieces of cartography that brought explorers to our shores for centuries

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10 weird things about travelling in the 17th century


Could you hack it as an intrepid explorer on Her Majesty’s Service? Read on to find out what it took

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Banker, soldier, artist, lover


Artist Robert Melville Grindlay’s colour-drenched, soft-focus landscapes of western India point to a lifelong infatuation

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Nautch lady

Art or fraud?

Workshops for City as Lab

A series of express workshops at a conference for children enrolled in the City As Lab program

Vijayanagara Art & Archeology: An Overview by Dr (Sr) Anila Verghese

Mughal Coins

A Brief History of the Mughal Empire Through Its Coins