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#Jain Purushkara Yantra, Rajasthan/Gujarat, 18th Century A Cosmic figure
Jambudvipa at center, 7 levels of hell in area of legs, heavens in upper body with 8 Jinas painted in face, outer space decorated with elephants, conches & dancing goddesses @ChristiesInc

Preparation of Sati
now abolished
Sketch by Robert Melville Grindlay

reminded of Fanny Parkes wrote about Sati at Kanpur
begum thugs compiled by @DalrympleWill

cites a manuscript given by Baroda Gaikwad that contained description of rituals
read here👇
https://t.co/eIq1VCOoKn

Watercolour drawing of a ruined temple north of Mamallapuram, by John Gantz, c. 1825. From a sketch by Mr J. Braddock
i call it Mahabalipuram
@britishlibrary
which temple it is? in neighbourhood of Shore temple?
https://t.co/ePL9rh05F6

Ram Sita & Laxman with of Rishi Bharadwaj
Ramayan
painting, ca.1780, Kangra @metmuseum
Rishi had advised him to stay at Chitrakoot so that they can get acquainted with other sages who visit place regularly

now few discoveries are being made of archeological importance?

Bulock Cart
Deccan
Painting July 1850
William Carpenter at @V_and_A collection
https://t.co/EmZPbjxTIJ

A Retainer of the Maharaja of Cutch
painting by Mortimer Menpes, 1903
Watercolor
Source: The Durbar via @VictorianWeb
see Turban or Safa & robe- jama or angrakha

Self portrait
Eduard Swoboda, 1842 his younger brother was Rudolf, also son of Eduard named as Rudolf? whose paintings are in @RCT
Rudolf(the junior or younger) & his sister Josefine Swoboda were painter & did portraat of royal family
wiki

Portrait painting
Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
c. 1580-1590 @ClevelandArt
so huge he is painted?

https://t.co/ExGwuUwb2C

can you guess? who?
portrait of a prince
tinted lithographed by L. Dickinson after Emily Eden @Sothebys lot51 from J Dickinson & son, 1844, London
painting?

there was a story: a nawab was searching other leg when food was served to him, later it was found out cook-khansama used to trick him & used to tell that when bird was shot at it was standing on only one leg?
bearer carrying bird & pot
Painting, Trichinopoly ca1860-70 @V_and_A