Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›The Tughlaq Ruler of Hindustan Visiting Namdev (Victoria and Albert Museum, IM.2:146-1917)Sacred Art & IconographyThe Tughlaq Ruler of Hindustan Visiting Namdev (Victoria and Albert Museum, IM.2:146-1917)Woodcut, Lahore or Amritsar, about 1870, Victoria and Albert Museum IM.2:146-1917Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Tughlaq Ruler of Hindustan Visiting Namdev (Victoria and Albert Museum, IM.2:146-1917)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/tughlaq-visits-namdev-va-im2-146-1917.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Tughlaq Ruler of Hindustan Visiting Namdev (Victoria and Albert Museum, IM.2:146-1917). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/tughlaq-visits-namdev-va-im2-146-1917Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-tughlaq-ruler-of-hindustan-visiting, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Tughlaq Ruler of Hindustan Visiting Namdev (Victoria and Albert Museum, IM.2:146-1917)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/tughlaq-visits-namdev-va-im2-146-1917}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA Sikh woodcut made in Lahore or Amritsar around 1870, catalogued by the Victoria and Albert Museum as depicting the Tughlaq ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a legend recounting a Muslim sultan's encounter with the low-born devotee whose songs are preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under accession IM.2:146-1917.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAmritsar, Cities Well-attested This source names Amritsar directly: "A Sikh woodcut made in Lahore or Amritsar around 1870, catalogued by the Victoria and Albert Museum as depicting the Tughlaq ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a..."Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Lahore, Cities Well-attested This source names Lahore directly: "A Sikh woodcut made in Lahore or Amritsar around 1870, catalogued by the Victoria and Albert Museum as depicting the Tughlaq ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a..."Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Marathi, Languages Well-attested This source names Marathi directly: "ruler of Hindustan visiting the Marathi bhakti poet-saint Namdev, a legend recounting a Muslim sultan's encounter with the low-born devotee whose songs are preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib."Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Belongs to TraditionHinduism, Religions Well-attested Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1DepictsNamdev, Figures Well-attested The V&A's own cataloguing sentence for this woodcut names the subject outright as the figure the ruler visits, "Namdev," a direct narrative identification rather than a bare tag.Source Sikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1SourcesSikh Woodcut of the Tughlaq Ruler Visiting Namdev, accession IM.2:146-1917 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Victoria and Albert Museumaccession IM.2:146-1917View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year