A History of Agriculture in India v1.c6.61

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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) 126