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# A fortune-teller

The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one comes from a set of six depicting castes and occupations. This was a common subject for such paintings. One of six drawings of castes and occupations;

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1775–1794 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.0927-6-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.0927-6-is) · Pramāṇa
