L'Inde française or "L'Inde française ou Collection de dessins lithographiés représentant les divinités, temples, costumes, physionomies, meubles, armes, et ustensiles, des peuples Hindous qui habitent les possessions françaises de l'Inde, et en général la côte de Cormandel et le Malabar" (transl. The French India or Collection of lithographed drawings representing the deities, temples, costumes, physiognomies, furniture, weapons, and utensils, of the Hindu peoples who inhabit the French possessions of India, and in general the coast of Cormandel and the Malabar) was a collection of 144 lithographed plates issued in 25 parts between 1827 and 1835 by J.-J. Chabrelie, and the first important French book on India. L'Inde française was about the French possessions in India, which were colonial