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The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe

Ravana takes the field against Lakshmana and Hanuman
page from the Mewar Ramayana
1649–1653, by Sahibdin (Indian, active approx. 1625–1660)
Opaque watercolors on paper

The British Library, Add. 15297(1) f.60r. Photograph © The British Museum.