AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE RAMAYANA: RAMA BATTLES RAVANA
NORTH INDIA, MANDI, CIRCA 1790
Depicting the ten-headed demon Ravana standing at right and brandishing all manners of weapons, and Hanuman, Laxman in yellow and Rama in red at left, Rama looking into a bowl of water while aiming his arrow towards a bee that has flown from the mouth of Ravana's donkey head, all against a brown background with blue sky at top and surrounded by orange borders, a takri inscription at upper left
