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Basavana

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Miniature painting of a siege: horsemen and armored soldiers below a walled city, with figures watching from the battlements.

The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarik…

c. 1596

Painting of a barefoot ascetic with a staff and red water pot walking through green grass beside palm trees under a pale sky.

Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

c. 1600

Bearded man in blue robe holding a book beside a bowing figure, a monkey in a tree and a dog, in a rocky landscape with gold

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s

Mughal miniature of a feast under a red canopy, with servants, seated men, camels, horses and a walled city behind trees.

A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)

c. 1589; outer margins added c. mid-1900s

Persian miniature of a siege with armored horsemen, trumpeters, and a rider at a fortified city gate above a crowd.

The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Co…

c. 1596

Miniature painting of a man offering a green parrot in a cage to a seated figure in a gilded courtly pavilion, with attendant

The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

c. 1560

Donkey in a tiger skin brays in a forest clearing while two figures watch from the trees above.

The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fi…

c. 1560

Aged manuscript page of Persian calligraphy in black and red ink, set within a gold and black ruled border.

Calligraphy

c. 1596

Manuscript page of Persian calligraphy in black ink with red ruled borders and a framed text panel below.

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

c. 1560

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