The British in South Asia
Due to the popularity of painted and printed cottons (chintzes), textiles dominated trade between India and Britain
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Collecting South Asian textiles at the V&A
The V&A's Indian collections have their origins in the East India Company's Museum, or Oriental Repository, founded in 1791at the Company's headquarters in Leadenhall Stree…
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Poisoned arrows from Assam and Burma
In the Asian Department's Indian & South East Asian collection, some innocuous looking arrows hold a potentially lethal secret.
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Tea: East and West
This evocatively illustrated book tells the story of tea around the world, and celebrates its contribution, past and present, to civilized existence. …
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