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Vol. I.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1651-1713
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 15295-15297

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Title:
RAMAYANA, the great epic poem of Valmiki, in Sanscrit, narrating the exploits of the hero Rama
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This copy is written on paper, in the Devanagari character, but is imperfect, wanting the third and fifth books. It is illustrated throughout with many hundreds of curious colored drawings, a portion of which is exceedingly well executed. The first book was transcribed Samvat, 1769 (A.D. 1713), ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1651-1713
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 15296

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Scope & Content:
Vol. II.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1651-1713
Extent:
1 item

4. 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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1650
Extent:
68 items

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

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The throne room at Ayodhya. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
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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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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

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Rama and his brothers outside the palace at Ayodhya. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
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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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

7. 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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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

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Title:
Bharata and Satrughna greet their grandfather. Artist(s): Sahib Din (fl.1628-53)
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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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

9. 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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650
Extent:
1 Item

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