[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [National Museum, New Delhi](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm) › Painted silk banner # Painted silk banner Painted silk banner, fragmentary, on light grey silk gauze of very open texture. Virupaksa, guardian of the west; The right arm here preserved, with hand raised probably supporting some emblem on finger-tips; also back of head showing part of tiara. Colouring and outlines are lost to a great extent; - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 600–999 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.2002-17-136](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.2002-17-136) · Pramāṇa