Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series / India, Maharashtra, Paithan School
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.150
- Title
- Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century - mid 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Maharashtra (state)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Maharashtra (state)
- Dimensions
- 27.31 cm x 41.28 cm (10 3/4 in. x 16 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- narrative painting
- Physical Description
- Three warriors march forward, taking up nearly the entire frame. Blue soldiers carring weapons and shields bring up the front and rear. They appear to move through a stylized tree landscape.
- Subject Matter
- This scene likely depicts a moment in book six when the armies of the Pandavas and Kauravas meet prior to charging into a battle for the throne. The war, known as the Kurukshetra War, lasted eighteen days and at its end the Kaurava army had fallen and the Pandavas were free to reclaim their throne. Their victory, however, was incomplete as a member of the Kaurava army had snuck into their camp and killed the warriors and children he found there, leaving the Pandavas without an heir to the throne they had fought so hard to win.
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- buildings and the land
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- natural landscapes
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- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weapons and ammunition
- woody plants
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1536 x 1024
- File Size
- 230 KB
- Record
- 1975/2.150
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"Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series; India, Maharashtra, Paithan School." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1975-sl-2.150/1975_2.150.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
