Anonymous / Unknown

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



Edited by: Chiara Petrolini


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