This folio, rendered in the Jodhpur style of Rajasthani painting prevalent around the mid-eighteenth century, has on its top a parching fire-emitting sun the heat and the brightness of which is seen scattered all over. Not merely deer and other minor animals but even elephants and lions are seen seeking shelter under trees and birds, aquatic and other, are unwilling to come out of the pond or leave their tree-resorts. Strangely, the lion like the baby elephant is seeking shelter under the elephant’s huge body and almost always battling for gaining supremacy the two recline in utmost friendliness. With huge boulders surfacing the stream suggest that it has largely dried. In the palace courtyard all fountains are put on to cool the winds reaching the pavilion where the royal lovers are engaged in the sport of love.
This description by Prof. P.C. Jain and Dr. Daljeet. Prof. Jain specializes on the aesthetics of literature and is the author of numerous books on Indian art and culture. Dr. Daljeet is the curator of the Miniature Painting Gallery, National Museum, New Delhi. They have both collaborated together on a number of books.
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