AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAMAYANA SERIES: DASHARATHA'S LAST DAYS IN AYODHYA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1825

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAMAYANA SERIES: DASHARATHA'S LAST DAYS IN AYODHYA
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1825
Image 10 3/8 x 16 in. (40.6 x 26.5 cm.); Folio 13 7/8 x 19 ½ in. (35.4 x 49.4 cm.)

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The present painting illustrates the second book in which the King of Koshala, Dasharatha, dies. After acquiescing to one of his wive’s demands to enthrone their son Bharata, that in turn forced Rama and Sita into exile in the forest for fourteen years, Dasharatha died of grief in the city's capital, Ayodhya.

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