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DHRUVA ON HIS MOTHER'S LAP
DHRUVA ON HIS MOTHER'S LAP
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DHRUVA ON HIS MOTHER'S LAP

CHAMBA, PUNJAB HILLS, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30

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DHRUVA ON HIS MOTHER'S LAP
CHAMBA, PUNJAB HILLS, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30
An illustration to a Bhagavata Purana, pen and ink on paper, labelled '3' in the lower left corner, the verso plain
8 x 12 ¼in. (20.5 x 31cm.)

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Mentioned in both the Bhagavata Purana and Vishnu Purana, Dhruva was the child of the King Uttanapada who became jealous of the favour shown by the King to his younger half-brother. This resulted in the five-year-old child going to the forest to commune with the Lord Vishnu and hear his fate for himself.

This drawing comes from a known set illustrating this story. Two further illustrations are in the British Museum (1966,0725,0.4 and 1966,0725,0.5).

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