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11. 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

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.16r
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

13. 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

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.18r
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

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.22r
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

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.6r
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.11r
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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.13r
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

19. 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

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

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Add MS 15296(1), f.7r
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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