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Selected bibliography. 3.

Selected biographies. 4.

Filmographies. 5.

Art as investment. 6.

Index of lots. 7.

Explanation of cataloguing terms. 8.

Abbreviations. A Historical Epic: India in the making 1757-1950: Lots: I.

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Documentation and princely pomp as a means to power. 2.

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Swadeshi as the guiding artistic spirit. 4.

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