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Subject durbars and court scenes Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [42] SubItem

1. 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...
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Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

2. 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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

3. 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...
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Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

4. 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
Languages:
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Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

5. 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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.14r
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

7. 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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add MS 15296(1), f.18r

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Title:
Manthara observes the preparations for Rama's installation. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 18v and above 15]. Vasistha returns to the palace and tells Dasaratha that all is prepared for the ceremony. Dasaratha withdraws to an inner chamber of the palace. Above Kaikeyi’s servant Manthara looks out of an upper window and observes the excitement – she goes further along insi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add MS 15296(1), f.22r

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Title:
Manthara poisons Kaikeyi's mind about Rama. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 22v and above 16]. Manthara descends from above and goes into Kaikeyi’s bedchamber on the right and wakes her with news of the impending coronation. Kaikeyi is first filled with delight and rising presents Manthara with a necklace from about her person. Manthara then poisons her min...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.31r
Title:
Kaikeyi tells Rama that he is exiled for 14 years. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
Scope & Content:
[numbered 31v and above 21]. Rama and Laksmana on the right, with Rama now changed into contemporary court costume, approach the gate of Kaikeyi's palace and leaving their sandals at the door come into the audience chamber. They kneel respectfully before the dejected king, who cannot bring him...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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