AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides
Owning Institution: UCLA, Modern Endangered Archives Program
About this Collection
The Center for Art and Archaeology (CA&A) of the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) maintains an archive with more than 2,00,000 images of Indic art and architecture. This collection includes digitized negatives created by field experts and professional photographers during research surveys between 1966 and 1990. The images document heritage buildings in various Indian states (Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, etc) that are decayed, damaged, or inaccessible. Also included are images of rare terracotta sculptures unearthed in excavations conducted at archaeological sites in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka, and a collection of miniature paintings commissioned by Mughal and Rajput patrons during the 16th to the 19th centuries in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Additional images are available on Artstor and the Digital South Asia Library. View this collection on the contributor's website.View our statement on digital primary resources and historical description.
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