A mountain city with multistoried hill architecture. Outside the gates on the right is a Saivite shrine with a lingum covered by floral offerings to which a goat is led, probably for sacrifice.
Year: 17th
From: Unidentified Hindu chronicle of a King
Location: Metropolitan Museum, New York
External link: www.metmuseum.org
Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
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