File:Mahabharata scroll 134.jpg

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The god Krishna acts as a charioteer to Arjuna in the battle of the Bhagavad Gita, a section of the Mahabharata. Mahabharata Scroll Section 134 held by University of Edinburgh UK Ref No. Or.Ms 510

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Description
English: Part of the Mahabharata illustrated manuscript scroll. One linear metre scroll; 78 miniatures in lobed- and quatrefoil-shaped cartouches.
Date circa 1795
date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: burnished paper laid on cotton or silk; scroll mounted on rollers in a 19th century British glass-topped oak wood box and wound with a key
institution QS:P195,Q160302
Object history
English: It belonged to Baillie, John, of Leys, 1772-1833 (Member of Parliament, and East India Company Official)and bequeathed to Edinburgh University Library in 1876 by his grandson John B. Baillie.
Inscriptions
English: Minute, neat Nāgarī script (Sanskrit)
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