Depiction of a satī on a map. A horned figure standing by a woman burning on a pyre
Year: 1522
From: Claudii Ptolemaei... [Maps.C.1.d.11]
Location: British Library, London
Authority file: https://viaf.org/viaf/285637120/
Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
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