[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Rumal # Rumal A roughly rectangular piece of cotton (a rumal) embroidered with silk and silver wire with Hindu religious themes depicting Kṛṣṇa as the god Viṣṇu shown seated holding a lotus, chakra, mace and conch shell. Other themes involve animals (cows and geese), dancers and trees (the whole surrounded by a border of poppies). - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1799 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.2005-0106-0-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.2005-0106-0-1) · Pramāṇa