Stream - Sarmaya

Glorious Failure – French Imperialism in India by Robert Ivermee

Find out how successor states and princely kingdoms in India embraced the rupee after the fall of the Mughals

From monarchs to Mahatma Gandhi–a tour of the most iconic portraits engraved on the rupee

How British and other European colonial powers adopted and adapted the Indian rupee in African and Asian countries

A retelling of a 17th-century scandal in Bombay, featuring the original Captain Jack Sparrow

Decode the emblems on coins that that signalled political identity in pre-Independence India

The adventures of John Hawkins in setting up the first modern mint in the port city

Why the rupees of this iconoclastic Mughal emperor are a favourite with coin collectors around the world

Featuring rare, punch-marked coins over 2500 years old from ancient and medieval India

Dive deeper into some historic moments and milestones from the 500-year journey of the Indian rupee

The Indian Rupee turned 75 this year and we’re marking the milestone with a landmark exhibition at Sarmaya, curated by Dr Shailendra Bhandare

In conversation with Mira Brunner of QAMRA, one of India’s only dedicated LGBTQ+ archives

In conversation with Dr Ruth Vanita, scholar of gender and sexuality in Indian and English literature

In this interview series, three experts tell us how Indian history can be interpreted through an inclusive queer lens