Balarama Pulling Hastinapur toward the Ganages, Page from a Bhagavata Dasamskanda series

• Artist: Indian (Culture)
• Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper with gold and silver details on paper
• Dates: mid 17th century
• Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/16 x 12 3/8 in. (18.6 x 31.4 cm) image: 6 9/16 x 6 13/16 in. (16.7 x 17.3cm)
• Inscriptions: At top, left. In Braj in Devanagari script: Balarama, having taken his plough, began to pull Hastinapur into the Ganges. All the Kauravas came and offered homage to him. [At top, center. In Braj in Devanagari script: the Kauravas beseech Rama not to drag Hastinapur into the Ganges.] In right border. Tenth book with commentary 26. (Trans. E.F. Bryant)
• Collection: Asian Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2N12, I416
• Accession Number: 78.144
• Image: 78.144_IMLS_PS4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2009