Background
The moving love story of Prince Ḍhola and the young girl Māru is a folk ballad from western India known in many oral and written versions. The lovers are separated and finally reunited after many adventures.
Jain monks, who are fond of all types of stories, have copied it many times and are therefore partly responsible for spreading it around India. It is a story with a rich pictorial tradition.
The author of this version is the Śvetāmbara Mūrtipujak monk Kuśalalābha Upādhyāya, who wrote it in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, in 1560 CE (1617 VS). He was affiliated to the Kharatara-gaccha, one of the most numerous monastic orders in Rajasthan.
Glossary
- Source:
The British Library Board
- Shelfmark:
Or. 14687
- Author:
Kuśalalābha Upādhyāya
- Date of creation:
composed in 1560, this copy created in perhaps 18th to 19th centuries
- Folio number:
16 recto
- Total number of folios:
117
- Place of creation:
western India
- Language:
Rajasthani / Gujarati in Devanāgarī script
- Medium:
opaque watercolour on paper
- Size:
20 x 14.5 cms
- Copyright:
CC0 1.0 (Creative Commons Public Domain)
- Image Copyright:
Ḍholā-Marū story
- Source:
The British Library Board
- Shelfmark:
Or. 14687
- Author:
Kuśalalābha Upādhyāya
- Date of creation:
composed in 1560, this copy created in perhaps 18th to 19th centuries
- Folio number:
16 recto
- Total number of folios:
117
- Place of creation:
western India
- Language:
Rajasthani / Gujarati in Devanāgarī script
- Medium:
opaque watercolour on paper
- Size:
20 x 14.5 cms
- Copyright:
CC0 1.0 (Creative Commons Public Domain)
- Image Copyright:
