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Or Ms 674: Bhagavad-Gita illustrated miniature scroll [Please click twice to see more pictures] — Or Ms 674: Bhagavad-Gita illustrated minia...

Or Ms 674: Bhagavad-Gita illustrated miniature scroll, 1876 V.S. (1819-1820 C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 674

Scope and Contents A miniature illustrated scroll of the Bhagvadgita, from the Bhisma-parva of the Mahabharata, with 22 illuminations. inside round and ovular cartouches framed in gold, across the length of the scroll.The four illustrations that open the manuscript, appearing above the beginning of the text, are identical to those at the opening of Or Ms 675, a miniature illustrated scroll of the...

Dates: 1876 V.S. (1819-1820 C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Or Ms 675: Devi-Mahatmya illustrated miniature scroll [Please click twice to see more pictures] — Or Ms 675: Devi-Mahatmya illustrated minia...

Or Ms 675: Devi-Mahatmya illustrated miniature scroll, undated [1876 V.S., 1819-1820 C.E.]

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Scope and Contents A miniature illustrated scroll of the Devi-Mahatmya, also called Durga-patha and Candi, on the exploits of the goddess Durga (from the Markandeya-purana). It includes 19 illustrations, inside round and ovular cartouches framed in gold, across the length of the scroll.The four illustrations that open the manuscript, appearing above the beginning of...

Dates: undated [1876 V.S., 1819-1820 C.E.]

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Uruvupalli charter, c 447 CE

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Identifier: Coll-1860/CP 2

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Uruvupalli charter, in Sanskrit (southern Brahmi script), on 5 copper plates, with seal on ring, issued from Palakkada in the 11th year of the Pallava Maharaja Simhavarman II (c. CE 447) by the crown prince Viṣṇugopavarman (II), son of Skandavarman II, grandson of Viravarman, etc., conveying a village as a religious foundation.

Dates: c 447 CE

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections