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Bhishma advises Yudhishthira on the nature of the four varnas, or castes  wikidata:Q50811837 reasonator:Q50811837
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Bhishma advises Yudhishthira on the nature of the four varnas, or castes
label QS:Len,"Bhishma advises Yudhishthira on the nature of the four varnas, or castes"
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Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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English: To further Muslim-Hindu understanding Akbar ordered the Mahabharata and other classic Hindu texts to be translated into Persian, the court language. This manuscript may have been commissioned by Akbar’s commander-in-chief, ‘Abd ur-Rahim Khankhanan.

Artist/maker: Jamal, son of Muwafig (active c. 1598)

Credit line: Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
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Date 1598
date QS:P571,+1598-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper and gouache paint Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q636400
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EA1978.2589 (Ashmolean Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation India Edit this at Wikidata
References http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EA1978.2589 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EA1978.2589

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