The Goddess and the NationMaking the case for a new kind of visual history, The Goddess and the Nation charts the pictorial life and career of Bharat Mata, Mother India, the Indian nation imagined as mother goddess, embodiment of national territory, and unifying symbol for the countrys diverse communities. Soon after Mother Indias emergence in the late nineteenth century, artists, both famous and amateur, began to picture her in various media, incorporating the map of India