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| Keywords: Arjuna and Bhimen preparing for battle, from Razmnameh.jpg en Arjuna and Bhima preparing for battle from a Razmnaameh Mughal India early 17th century Opaque watercolour and ink on paper This dramatic composition illustrates one of the last battles before the final great battle of the epic Arjuna the mighty warrior and Bhima the strongest of the Pandava brothers stand on tehir chariots readying their arrows Surrounding them are an inner circle of war elephants and an outer circle of cavalry on armoured horses As before the armour is Mughal in contrast to the 'ancient' chariots The small scale of the figures and large size of the page indicate that this comes from a later manuscript than the 1598 Razmnameh ~ 1616 Razmanamah http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 2572 partid 1 searchText mughal fromADBC ad toADBC ad numpages 10 images on orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database aspx currentPage 28 Mughal Style PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Razmnama Paintings of Arjuna Art of India in the British Museum War elephants of India People with horses in art of India Elephant riding in art of India Miniatures of elephants | ||||
