Background
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Glossary
- Source:
Victoria and Albert Museum
- Shelfmark:
IS 46-1959
- Author:
unknown
- Date of creation:
late 15th to 16th centuries
- Folio number:
1 recto
- Total number of folios:
91 folios, numbered 1-92, with folio 3 missing
- Place of creation:
Gujarat
- Language:
Prākrit with Sanskrit commentary
- Medium:
watercolour on paper
- Size:
26 x 10.5 cm
- Copyright:
V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Image Copyright:
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