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31. Add MS 15296(1), f.6r

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Title:
Bharata's grandfather leads his guests back to the palace. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered above 5]. Three chariots convey the king, his son and the two young princes through a bazaar. The fronts of the far shops are visible with merchants selling cloth, and the backs of the ones below. In his palace on the right, the elderly king, using his sword as a walking stick to he...
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

32. Add MS 15296(1), f.7r

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Title:
Bharata and Satrughna study and practise the martial arts. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
On the right in the palace, the princes ask the king for teachers of religion, arts and sciences, while above two ladies at a carpeted jharokha window look down on them on the left as they practise horsemanship on the exercise ground. One man is about to teach the use of a whip. Above, in a v...
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

33. Add MS 15296(1), f.8r

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Title:
Dasaratha in full durbar receives a message from Bharata. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered above 7]. Dasaratha is seated on his throne in full durbar, with Rama and Laksmana kneeling beside him, while the messenger sent by Bharata from his grandfather’s court tells the king how industriously his other two sons are studying. A ring of courtiers seated in the hall are lookin...
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1650
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1 Item

34. Add MS 15296(1), f.11r

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Title:
Dasaratha informs his ministers he is to make Rama regent. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered above 8]. Dasaratha enthroned in durbar tells the Brahmins Vasistha and Vamadeva and his minister Sumantra of his intention to resign his throne to Rama as regent; on the left, these three summon Rama and Laksmana. Above four Brahmins begin to prepare for the requisite sacrifice and...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

35. Add MS 15296(1), f.12r

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Title:
Dasaratha tells Rama he is to be made king. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
Sumantra brings Rama and Laksmana in a chariot to Dasaratha’s durbar hall, with a woman looking down from above through a jharokha. The king greets Rama, informs him of his decision and seats him on a small throne beside him while the assembled noblemen approve his installation as regent. 176 ...
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

36. Add MS 15296(1), f.13r

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Title:
Kausalya is informed of Dasaratha's decision to make Rama regent. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered above 10]. On the right, Rama leaves Dasaratha's palace in a chariot to return to his own palace, while the king above looks out of a carpeted jharokha window at his departing son; on the left, men who bring news of Rama’s elevation to Queen Kausalya's palace are rewarded by her with ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

37. Add MS 15296(1), f.14r

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Title:
Rama calls upon his mother Kausalya. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered above 11]. On the right, Dasaratha again tells Rama he will make him king, with Vasistha, Laksmana, another Brahmin and ministers in attendance. Rama and Laksmana then leave the king to call on Kausalya on the left, who, dressed in white, is worshipping a small, gold image of Visnu, ...
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Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

38. Add MS 15296(1), f.15r

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Title:
Vasistha arrives at Ayodhya to conduct the ceremony of Rama's installation as regent. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 15v and above 12]. On the left, Vasistha arrives at Rama’s palace and with Rama's help alights from his chariot, and on the right, seated with Rama, advises him to observe a fast that night as instructed by the king. A pile of kusa-grass for Rama and Sita to sleep on is outside the c...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

39. Add MS 15296(1), f.16r

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Title:
The citizens of Ayodhya prepare for the ceremony. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 16v and above 13]. In the main street in the city of Ayodhya, the excited merchants are decorating their shops with their finest brocades, while people climb on tops of the houses, and over the temples, to secure the best view of the coronation procession. 194 by 349 mm. H.P. Shastr...
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Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

40. Add MS 15296(1), f.17r

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Add MS 15296(1), f.17r
Title:
The people of Ayodhya await the ceremony. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 17v and above 14]. The same street in the city of Ayodhya is now fully decorated, with the people waiting for the procession. They tell each other how wise the king is and how fortunate they are to have Rama as their new protector. 197 by 342 mm. H.P. Shastri, The Ramayana of Valmi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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