- 1Indian men with dogs’ heads. Illustration in Livre des merveilles. Manuscrit français 2810 (Bibliothèque nationale de France) 12
- 2Two kinds of Brahmanical life: traders in secular circumstances and naked ascetics in the forest. Illustration in Livre des merveilles. Manuscrit français 2810 (Bibliothèque nationale de France) 16
- 3Jan Brandes, Image, temple, and tower in Negapatna, 1733 (Rijksmuseum) 20
- 4Pagode en Mesquita (Temple and Mosque). Illustration in Van Linschoten’s Itinerario. (Rijksmuseum) 35
- 5Roberto de Nobili as a sannyāsī (Baltasar da Costa, 1661). (Portuguese Academy of Sciences) 44
- 6Illustrated title page of Rogerius’ De Open-Deure Tot het Verborgen Heydendom, 1651 (University Library, Leiden University) 71
- 7Philippus Baldaeus with servant in Sri Lanka. Painting by Jean de la Rocquette, 1668 (Rijksmuseum) 76
- 8Ziegenbalg in conversation with Aleppa Kuru. Frontispiece of Ost-Indisches Gespräch: In dem Reiche der Todten (University Library, Leiden University) 87
- 9Monument to Ziegenbalg in Tharangambadi (Photo: Michael Gäbler) 96
- 10Abbé Dubois in Indian clothing. Portrait: Thomas Hickey, 1820 (British Library) 104
- 11Title page of the final edition of Muir’s Mataparīkṣā (1852) (British Library) 123
- 12A Hindu ascetic. Drawing by Emily Eden (British Library) 136
- 13A Brahmin preparing for his pūjā; illustration in Urwick, Indian Pictures, 1885 142
- 14The statue of Ferdinand Kittel in Bengaluru, decorated for Karnataka State Formation Day 2017 (Photo: Bernhard Dinkelaker) 148
- 15Ferdinand and Julie Kittel-Eyth (Basel Mission Archives) 151
- 16Auguste Bourquin in 1871 (Basel Mission Archives) 158
- 17Bourquin’s Grave in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver (Photo: ‘Find a Grave’ employee, Valerie R.) 160