Illustrations and text in Bðr Singh's Rāmāyaṇa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4899890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Brockington (0009-0007-4843-5336, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-101 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contributions to Indian Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0069-9659 • E-ISSN: 0069-9667 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00699659241274016 |
| OpenAlex | W4404194992 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This note focuses on the value of looking into the visual culture embodied in India's epic manuscripts during the medieval period-which combined Persian, Mughal and Rājput styles-for a sociology of India. It demonstrates how illustrations and text were blended in the case of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, commissioned by the ruler of Orchā and Datia, Bīr Singh Bundela, borrowing from the earliest extant illustrated manuscripts of the Persian translation of the Rāmāyaṇa commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 1580s as well as Bīr Singh's own Vaisnava leanings
| Highly cited | No |
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