South Asian Archives

Dark academia but also everything else

[uran-tashtari]

Kangra painting style

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Basohli style of painting

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A desi Snow White?

Bundi painting style of the Rajputs

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Mewar style of painting from Rajasthan

[uran-tashtari]

A 16th century painting from Tarif-i-Husain Shahi

[uran-tashtari]

A miniature painting from a 15th century cookbook that shows the combination of Indian and Iranian art styles. The book has gone on to influence a lot of cuisine in the subcontinent

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Painting of women in Ajanta caves in India, dating from as early as 2nd century BCE.

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Ghungroo and Kathak 🪷🪷

[sakura--hanami]

Here's to Pakistan's first most unabashedly feminist TV series, facing backlash to the point of getting banned in the country; Churails.

[uran-tashtari]

Gilgit-Baltistan travel board🌻🌹⛰️

[sakura--hanami]

Summer of 2025, and the Karakoram Mountains

[smsomah]

Playing Sitar in the Shalimar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan, 1981 © Roland & Sabrina Michaud

[kaalbela]

Shahpura Haveli in Jaipur, India.

Maroof Culmen

[uran-tashtari]

Trying unconventional in the conventional is def my favourite thing

[chezmeh]

I love love love Abdur Rahman Chughtai paintings <3

[archesandtextures]

Tughlaq architecture, a prominent example of Indo-islamic architecture. Batter ( sloping walls) were used for increased strength and support.

[uran-tashtari]

A street from Lahore, Punjab, anonymous