A History of Agriculture in India v1.c16.46

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Fig. 58. The nayan (Ovis amon hodgsoni), the largest wild sheep with curled horns, is found in northern Ladakh, Spiti, Sikkim, Kumaon, Nepal and Tibet. The legend is that it eats snakes. Mughal, early eighteenth century (Courtesy : Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad)