"Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja", Folio from a Razmnama, ca. 1616–17


Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja', Folio from a Razmnama, ca. 1616–17, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Page: 15 1/2 x 14 9/16 in. ( x 37 cm), Codices, Akbar was the first of the Mughals to commission Persian translations of Sanskrit works out of a genuine interest in the literature and religion of the Hindu subjects over whom he ruled. Later emperors and other Muslim nobles followed his lead


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