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Krishna in the Garden of Assam by T.Richard Blurton
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Krishna in the Garden of Assam

The history and context of a much-travelled textile
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This beautiful and rare textile, now in the British Museum, was produced in the late seventeenth century in the wake of the remarkable outflow of Krishna veneration resulting from the ministry of the great eastern Indian saint, Sankaradava (died 1568). Nine metres in length, it is made up of twelve strips, all now sown together, and woven with captioned scenes from the life of Krishna as recorded in the tenth-century text, the Bhagavata Purana, and elaborated in the dramas of Sankaradeva. The author looks at the art, technique and iconography of the textile and also place it within its wider religious, cultural and geographical contexts. He traces, too, its fascinating history and its journey from Assam to London.

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Richard T. Blurton is curator of Ancient and Medieval South Asia at the British Museum. His publications include Bengali Myths and Hindu Art.
Release date NZ
March 7th, 2016
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  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
Pages
96
Dimensions
191x240x8
ISBN-13
9780714124872
Product ID
24155166

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