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Rama's Forest Dwelling in Panchavati, Folio from a Ramayana
In the Ramayana epic, the divine prince Rama, in exile from his kingdom of Ayodhya, wanders to the Panchavati region with his wife Sita and half-brother Lakshmana. There, Lakshmana builds them a mud and grass hut, shown here as an ornate palace with arabesque decoration and checkered tiling. This series of Ramayana paintings are thought to have been made for Bir Singh Bundela, a powerful nobleman at the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar. They are distinctive for their irregular edges, having survived a fire early in the history of the manuscript.
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