Category 14Footprints in the Footnotes
History, Sport & Design.
"Badminton came from Poona. The Duke just took it home."
Global games, luxury monograms, and origin stories scrubbed of their Indian footprint.
6 cases on file ⟶
APPROPRIATED
CASE #151
14
पूना
Poona
Maharashtra1870
Open Receipt
Duke of Beaufort (England)
"Invention" of Badmintonपूना
True Value · Poona
ERASED
CASE #152
14
होयसल नक्काशी
Hoysala Temple Quatrefoil
Karnataka1896
Open Receipt
Louis Vuitton
Iconic 1896 Monogramहोयसल नक्काशी
True Value · Hoysala Temple Quatrefoil
REBRANDED
CASE #153
14
ज्ञान चौपड़
Gyan Chaupar / Moksha Patam
Pan-India
Open Receipt
Milton Bradley
"Snakes and Ladders"ज्ञान चौपड़
True Value · Gyan Chaupar / Moksha Patam
UNCREDITED
CASE #154
14
मटका
Matka
Pan-India
Open Receipt
Luxury wellness homeware
Unglazed Clay Vessels₹16,600
≈ $200
मटका
True Value · Matka
₹150
≈ $1.81
STOLEN
CASE #155
14
शून्य
Shunya & Decimal System
Pan-India
Open Receipt
Western mathematics curricula
"Arabic Numerals"शून्य
True Value · Shunya & Decimal System
APPROPRIATED
CASE #156
14
इत्र
Kannauj Attar (Ittar)
Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh
Open Receipt
Grasse, France
Luxury Attar / Vetiver Perfumes₹24,900
≈ $300
इत्र
True Value · Kannauj Attar (Ittar)