Page from a manuscript of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. Above, Kṛṣṇa tells a group of cowherds, all standing in a line to go and ask the brahmin ladies who were then offering Vedic sacrifices.
Year: 1500
From: Rajasthan (?)
Location: The British Museum, London
External link: www.britishmuseum.org
Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
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