A detail of
Krishna Battles the Armies of the Demon Naraka
from a Bhagavata Purana, c.1520-30, India.


Krishna Battles The Armies Of The Demon Naraka
Probably Delhi-Agra area, ca. 1520-30
Page from a dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient stories of Lord Vishnu)
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Chaurapanchasika style
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1985 (1985.34)
Source: p.8 & p.29, Indian Court Painting, 16th-19th Century by Steven Kossak
via Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


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