Sankara Baran Ragini [Slides] Shy young lady is being escorted by a duenna to a prince's bed on a terrace. The prince is reclining with a garland in one hand watching the approach of the two women. Candles are burning and a full moon shines over the canopy of the bed British Library - London British Library - 1 Slides Col.,ill 35mm - Johnson Collection from British Library .

IGNCA slides collection, cross reference, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library by Toby Falk and Mildred Archer (London 1981) BL-JC 426(14)(J37)14 p. 229; Hyderabad, c1760; Johnson Album 37, nos 1-36; Arranged according to a Special system (see Appendix, p321); Gouache with gold: set within borders of pink paper with the edges ruled in gold (now enclosed within modern card guards); 240 by 150mm; page 315 by 208mm; Published: Randle (1946), 169-70; Ebeling (1975), 195. no. 72; Waldschmidt (1975), 538, no.14; Exhibited: British Empire Exhibition. 1924: Heath (1924), no. 69; Johnson Album37, no.14; Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II. pl.CX, fig.D; Nate: The title Sankara Baran is that given to this subject in the related Deccani series in the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay.


Music--India
Mugul painting --1760 A.D.
Ragas--Raga, Sankara Baran

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