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# Sculpture

A magnificent image of Visnu as Rama with a bow, as hero of the Ramayana. The epithet ‘Rama the moon’ alludes to his handsome face and beauty, most in evidence in this gracious and beautiful image.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1500–1700 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-71-1927](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-71-1927) · Pramāṇa
