Balarama Pulling Hastinapur toward the Ganages, Page from a Bhagavata Dasamskanda series
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Indian. Balarama Pulling Hastinapur toward the Ganages, Page from a Bhagavata Dasamskanda series, mid 17th century. Opaque watercolor on paper with gold and silver details on paper, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Terence McInerney, 78.144. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Balarama Pulling Hastinapur toward the Ganages, Page from a Bhagavata Dasamskanda series
Date
mid 17th century
Geography
Possible place made: Gujarat, India, Possible place made: Western region, Rajasthan, India
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper with gold and silver details on paper
Classification
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)
Credit Line
Gift of Terence McInerney
Accession Number
78.144
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