Image: Balarama is embraced yudhisthira with Akrura and pradhyumna
Description: Inscribed beneath in Persian characters: ‘mulaqat-i balabhadar u rajah judishtar u amadan-iakrura u pardaman hamrah’ ... (the meeting of Yudhishthira and Balarama together with Akruraand Pardaman); and: ‘Hajji.’ Gouache on biscuit-coloured paper; manuscript leaf from the ‘Razmnama' Udhyogaparvan (Book of the Assembly). 207 by 110 mm (pavilion tower projecting into top margin); page 302 by 172 mm.Reverse: page of text written in 27 lines of ‘naskhi’ script within margin rules; foliated attop in red ‘222’. Balarama, dressed in a blue ‘dhoti,’ holds his plough over his shoulder. Yudhishthira risesfrom his throne which is set on a dais before a pavilion, as courtiers stand in a semi-circleand the Pandu brothers watch from the left.
Title: Balarama is embraced yudhisthira with Akrura and pradhyumna
Credit: British library, India office library
Author: From Mughal Razmnama by Artist Hajji
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