The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe

The invisible demon Indrajit fires arrows at Rama, Lakshmana, and their monkey allies
End panel from a casket
approx. 1500–1600. Sri Lanka
Ivory

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Friends of Indian Art and the Robert A. and Ruth W. Fisher Fund, 2004.16. Photograph © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Photo: Katherine Wetzel.