“Harishchandra and his Minister Killing a Tiger,” folio from a Harishchandra Series, 1800–1850, Western India, Maharashtra, Paithan or northern Karnataka, Opaque watercolor and ink on paper, 12 3/8 x 17 3/8 in. (31.4 x 44.1 cm), Paintings, Killing a tiger in personal combat was seen as the ultimate feat of valor in Indian martial society. It is not surprising, then, that this dynamic moment in the Harishchandra narrative, a Hindu religious epic, was chosen for illustration
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Harishchandra, Minister Killing, Tiger, folio, Harishchandra Series, 1800–1850, Western India, Maharashtra, Paithan, northern Karnataka, Opaque watercolor, ink, paper, 12 3/8 x 17 3/8, 31.4 44.1 cm, Paintings, Killing, tiger, personal combat, ultimate feat, valor, Indian martial society, surprising, dynamic moment, narrative, Hindu religious, epic, chosen, illustration
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