A RARE MANUAL ON HINDU DIVINITIES

SIGNED GANJLA'L IBN CHAVANI LA'L, DECCAN OR SOUTH INDIA, DATED 1840 A.D.

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A RARE MANUAL ON HINDU DIVINITIES
SIGNED GANJLA'L IBN CHAVANI LA'L, DECCAN OR SOUTH INDIA, DATED 1840 A.D.
Manuscript on paper, with 26 fine illustrations of various Hindu divinities including Ganesha, Hanuman, Shiva and Parvati, Kamadhenu, Vishnu, including mandalas and holy figures, the text in nasta'liq script, within red rules, colophon dated October samvat 1897, Rabi' I A.H. 1256 and 1840 A.D., without binding
Folio: 10 ½ x 6 ½ in. (26.7 x 16.5 cm.)

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The colophon of this manuscript mentions the name of the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Farhanda 'Alikhan Bahadur Nasir al-Dawla, Asaf Jah IV (1794-1857). He ruled between 1829 and 1857 when this manuscript was copied.

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