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1. Add MS 15296(1)

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Title:
AYODHYAKANDA from the VALMIKI RAMAYANA Pothi manuscript on large sheets of Indian paper, thick, slightly burnished, light beige in colour; laid lines ...
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AYODHYAKANDA from the VALMIKI RAMAYANA Pothi manuscript on large sheets of Indian paper, thick, slightly burnished, light beige in colour; laid lines visible but not continuous. 129 folios. 21.2 by 38.4 cm. 9-22 lines of Nagari, with colophons, dandas, etc, in red. The text is arranged in panel...
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1650-1650
Extent:
68 items

2. Add MS 15296(1), f.4r

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Title:
Bharata and Satrughna arrive at their grandfather's palace. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered above 4]. Bharata, Satrughna and their uncle along with retainers and two led riding horses, with loaded elephants beyond the horizon line, arrive at the palace of the King of Kekaya, Bharata’s maternal grandfather, who awaits them looking out of an upper window apparently above the e...
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Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add MS 15296(1), f.24r

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Title:
Kaikeyi begs Dasaratha to exile Rama. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 24v and above 17]. Kaikeyi is first seen on the left sleeping dishevelled as in the previous picture and then rises from her bed to persuade her husband to grant her the two boons that Dasaratha had earlier promised her. On the right Dasaratha is first seen bemused seated on a couch ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add MS 15296(1), f.3r

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Title:
Rama and his brothers outside the palace at Ayodhya. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
The four brothers embrace outside the palace (centre), with women looking down from a shuttered jharokha window supported by curving serpentine brackets. A rich cloth is spread over the sill. Then Bharata and Satrughna go off in one chariot, with Yudhajit in another proceeded by armed retaine...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add MS 15296(1), f.5r

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Title:
Bharata and Satrughna greet their grandfather. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
The two princes and their uncle have dismounted from their chariots and advance from the left to greet the king. He is come out of the palace on the right in his chariot and bends down to greet them lovingly. Elephants are in the background, as well as two standard-bearers, one with a yellow b...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add MS 15296(1), f.30r

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Title:
Sumantra brings Rama to Dasaratha's palace. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 30v and above 20]. Sumantra arrives at the entrance to the palace with Rama in his chariot with townsmen bowing to welcome them. Once within the palace walls, Rama takes part in offerings to the sacred fire with Brahmins under a pandal, while in the throne-room within attendants wave...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add MS 15296(1), f.2r

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Title:
The throne room at Ayodhya. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
In the throne room at Ayodhya (right), King Dasaratha is seated with his four sons, his minister Sumantra and his chief priest Vasistha. Yudhajit, Queen Kaikeyi’s brother and Bharata's maternal uncle, has come to take Bharata to visit his maternal grandfather King Kaikeya and the inseparable Sa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

8. 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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

9. 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 ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

10. 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, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item