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  • Illustrations and text explaining how AIDS cannot be transmitted from sharing clothes, drinking cups etc.; one of a series of educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Suttee. Engraving by Walker, 1785, after S. Wale.
  • Contrary to popular belief, sexually transmitted infections and sexual activity with multiple partners are common in the Indian subcontinent in both rural and urban areas : Availability of good quality condoms while abroad can be difficult. so be prepared and take a good supply with you / Brent & Harrow fund this initiative ; this poster was jointly produced by Asian Women's Resource Centre and The Naz Project London.
  • Svāmihaṃsasvarūpakr̥tam Ṣaṭcakranirūpaṇacitram : bhāṣyasamalaṃkr̥taṃ bhāṣāṭīkopetañ ca = Shatchakra niroopana chittra with bhashya and bhasha containing the pictures of the different nerves and plexuses of the human body with their full description showing the easiest method how to practise pranayam by the mental suspension of breath through meditation only ; by Shri Swami Hansa Swaroop.
  • Palace of Tipu Sultan from the west, Bangalore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by H. Merke after James Hunter, 1804.
  • A Fakir man and wife of south India. Gouache painting.
  • A collection of Indian costumes, types and occupations. Gouache paintings by an Indian artist.
  • Lucknow, India: the tomb of Shahadut Allee in the Kaiser Bagh palace, showing damage done during the Indian Rebellion. Photograph by Felice Beato, ca. 1858.
  • India: the 'tomb of the Emperor Hoomaon where Major Hodson captured the King of Delhi'. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • India: a ruined building. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • India: the 'Crow's Nest' battery beside a small pond. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Beast and man in India : a popular sketch of Indian animals in their relations with the people / by John Lockwood Kipling.
  • An Indian couple, a vessel containing blood and a syringe; an anti-AIDS advertisement in Indic. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Musician with instrument made from pumpkin shells joined by a wire and played with a bow, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A nawab or Indian nobleman and his wife. Gouache painting.
  • A puckally (pukhali) or water-carrier of south India, holding a bucket, with an ox. Gouache painting.
  • Dasasamadhi Ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • A woman holding the hand of an AIDS patient sitting on a bed next to a trolley of fruit and a bottle of water representing an AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.
  • Mountains at Ramagiri, near Mysore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by John William Edy after Robert H. Colebrooke, c. 1794.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • India: a man smoking a hookah whips a bullock who is drawing him on a platform around a milling wheel. Watercolour, 18--.
  • The hand of a woman pointing to a blood bag that has been tested for HIV representing a warning about the dangers of donating contaminated blood and AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.
  • An Indian man of the "China caste" and his wife. Gouache painting.
  • The north east view of Angengo Fort on the coast of Malabar.
  • Indian men carrying a European officer in a palanquin. Gouache by an Indian artist.
  • A bearded elderly man, carrying a prayer wheel and a rosary, in a studio setting.
  • Hindu temple in the fort of Rotasgarh, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • A baby crawling to the left representing a warning about good sexual health to prevent birth defects, STDs and AIDS (Hindi version); a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • The Great Chaitya Temple on the island of Salsette, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1799.