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Visual Resources

List of VMC resources and outside websites

  VMC Resources
   
Ajanta Cave
Ajanta Cave 1 panorama and detail images
   
Interactive map of South Asia
open the interactive map site
   
Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Safavid Shah Tahmasp [The Feast of Sadah]
Interactive folio from an illustrated manuscript, ca. 1520–22; Safavid, Attributed to Sultan Muhammad, Opaque colors, ink, silver, and gold on paper; Painting: 10 13/16 x 9 1/16 in. (27.4 x 23 cm); Entire Page: 18 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (47 x 32 cm), Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970 (1970.301.2), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
[open the Feast of Sadah resource]
   
  Outside Websites
   
Archnet.org: Aga Khan Trust for Culture Special Archive
[go to the archnet portfolio]
   
Archnet.org: Afghanistan, portfolio of historic architecture
[go to the archnet portfolio]
   
Archnet.org: Afghanistan, portfolio of contemporary architecture (including restoration)
[go to the archnet portfolio]
   
Archnet.org: India, portfolio of historic architecture
[go to the archnet portfolio]
   
Archnet.org: India, portfolio of contemporary architecture (including restoration)
[go to the archnet portfolio]
   
Archnet.org: Pakistan, portfolio of historic architecture
[go to the archnet portfolio]
   
Archnet.org: Pakistan, portfolio of contemporary architecture (including restoration)
[go to the archnet portfolio]
   
Digital South Asia Library
A collection of images, articles, maps, and other references hosted by the University of Chicago
go to the DSAL site
   
Freer-Sackler's website on the Hamzanama
[go to the site]
   
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Complete timeline of art history
[go to the timeline]
   

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline, South Asia, South, 1000-1400 AD
[go to the Timeline page]

   
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline, South Asia, North, 1000-1400 AD
[go to the Timeline page]
   
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline, South Asia, Himalayan Region, 1000-1400 AD
[go to the Timeline page]
   
Prof. Frances Pritchett's website ("outside links")
[go to Prof. Pritchett's site]
   
Shahnama Project
[go to the site]
   
South Asian Resource Access on the Internet
[go to the SARAI site]
   
Vijayanagara Research Project
[
go to the site]
   
  New York City Museums
   
  Asia Society
     
  Brooklyn Museum
     
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
     
  Rubin Museum of Art
     
     
     

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