Folio from the Harivamsa

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Sikeena Karmali Ahmed
by Victoria & Albert Museum
published on 25 November 2024
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The third Mughal Emperor Akbar (1540-1605) sought to quell tensions between the Hindu and Muslim communities of Hindustan. Seeking to engender religious harmony and tolerance, he commissioned the translation of major Sanskrit texts into Persian for non-Hindus. The Harivamsa was one of these books envisaged as an extension of the Mahabharata - the ancient Indian Hindu Sanskrit heroic tale.

Krishna in combat with Indra, detached folio from a copy of the Harivamsa. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, about 1590, Mughal. Museum no. IS.5-1970. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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