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... Hindu but a Muslim ruler who commissioned the greatest illustrations of the story . In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , Hindu patrons were the rule but in certain states it was junior members of the ruling family rather than ...
... Hindu but a Muslim ruler who commissioned the greatest illustrations of the story . In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , Hindu patrons were the rule but in certain states it was junior members of the ruling family rather than ...
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... Hindus and believing it to arise from mutual ignor- ance , ordained that certain Hindu texts should be translated into Persian and thus rendered more accessible . The texts chosen were the two epics , the Ramayana and the Mahabharata ...
... Hindus and believing it to arise from mutual ignor- ance , ordained that certain Hindu texts should be translated into Persian and thus rendered more accessible . The texts chosen were the two epics , the Ramayana and the Mahabharata ...
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... Hindu epic , the Mahabharata , were rarely commissioned by Hindu patrons , the gigantic text possessed a unique appeal to Indian minds and for this reason the Mughal emperor , Akbar , chose it for translation into Persian . ' Having ...
... Hindu epic , the Mahabharata , were rarely commissioned by Hindu patrons , the gigantic text possessed a unique appeal to Indian minds and for this reason the Mughal emperor , Akbar , chose it for translation into Persian . ' Having ...
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