"The Death of King Dasharatha, the Father of Rama", Folio from a Ramayana, ca. 1605

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The Death of King Dasharatha, the Father of Rama', Folio from a Ramayana, ca. 1605, Attributed to India, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Painting: H. 10 1/2 in. ( cm), Codices, King Dasharatha emerges in the Ramayana as essentially a noble character, though flawed by the weakness that allowed him to be swayed by his second wife Kaikeyi, whose ambitions for her own son caused the king to banish the crown prince Rama for fourteen years

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