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# Krishna

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting Krishna riding on a composite elephant composed of ten young women. He wears lilac trousers, a gold-edged muslin scarf and a crown, and holds an ankus (elephant goad) in his right hand. Krishna riding on a composite elephant composed of ten young women.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1795–1804 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-89-1922](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-89-1922) · Pramāṇa
