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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Indian
Title:Shakra (Indra), King of the Gods, Reveres the Embryo of Mahavira, illustration from a dispersed manuscript of the Kalpasutra (Jain Book of Rituals) of Bhadrabahu (d. ca. 356 BCE)
Date Made:late 15th- early 16th Century
Type:Painting
Materials:Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Place Made:India; Gujarat
Measurements:sight: 4 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.; 10.9538 x 26.035 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Jain Religious narrative, Sanskrit text
Accession Number:  SC 1981.27.1
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Kenneth Galbraith (Catherine Atwater, class of 1934)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
reading material, a page from a Jain manuscript, Indian religious group that practices nonviolence and self-control; text on left and to right human figures, gold paint

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religion

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