An illustration from the Mahabharata
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An illustration from the Mahabharata

NEPAL, C. 1800

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An illustration from the Mahabharata
Nepal, c. 1800
Depicting the five Pandava brothers dispatching and setting fire to their enemy within a striped tent, with scavengers, vultures and ghouls in the foreground, the relevant text written above
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
7¾ x 12½ in. (19.6 x 31.8 cm.)

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