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The blind Dhritarashtra attacks the statue of Bhima

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  • Description

    The Razmnama is a Persian translation of the Mahabharata, the great Indian epic concerning the war between the Pandavas and their Kaurava cousins. Near the end, the blind Kaurava king Dhritarashtra meets the Pandava princes again. Grieving for his dead sons, he attacks prince Bhima. But Krishna, the Pandavas’ ally, miraculously substitutes an iron statue of Bhima, which the king crushes with his bare hands. This manuscript was prepared by artists working for Abd ur-Rahim Khankhanan, a leading Mughal courtier.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
    Date
    1616 - 1617
    Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
    Artist/maker
    Qasim (active 17th century) (artist)
    Associated people
    'Abd ur-Rahim Khankhanan (1556 - 1626) (commissioner)
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 48.2 x 34.2 x 1.7 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 38.2 x 23.3 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    communications equipment › manuscript,
    visual representation › calligraphy,
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.10

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 9 on p. 40, p. 54, illus. p. 41

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