En #Ragamalaporlamañana #Barahmasa

🟥Mes de Ashadha [jun-jul]
📍Kota(Rajasthan)
📆ca.1725

A diferencia de los Ragamala, los Baramasa se asocian a un mes del año. Cada pintura hace referencia a un mes lunar y se representa un estado emocional y una serie de eventos asociados a esa época

Description of the month of 'Baisakh' (April-May) from 'Bikat Kahani' by Muhammad Afzal 'Gopal' of Panipat/Narnaul (Haryana).
It was a Barahmasa poem written in a mix of Farsi & early Hindi-Urdu. Dated to 1625, it is considered the earliest example of Urdu poetry in North India.

The Month of Phalguna. Barahmasa Series. Garhwal, 1785. via FGalloway. @ambrin_hayat @DalrympleWill @Chemburstudio

The month of February. A Barahmasa for Birders.

The Month of Ashadh. Barahmasa Series. Kota, 18th C. Sotheby's. @ambrin_hayat @DalrympleWill @Chemburstudio

The Month of Bhadon. Barahmasa Series. Garhwal, 1800. National Museum of Scotland. @ambrin_hayat @DalrympleWill @Chemburstudio

The Month of Aghan. Barahmasa Series. Garhwal, 1780. V&A. @ambrin_hayat @DalrympleWill @Chemburstudio

Blood Moon. The Month of Pausa. Barahmasa Series. Garhwal, 1800. National Museum of Scotland.
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The Month of Śrāvaṇa. Barahmasa Series. Kota, 1760. Bourelier Collection.
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The Month of Pausha (Dec–Jan). Maratha Barahmasa series. South India, 1800. National Museum, Delhi.

Barahmasa folio. Shravan. Kota, 1780. From the V. S. Naipaul collection.

Love the dense composition, so typical of Kota. I have a looming suspicion I have seen those rampant elephants before. Let me try and dig it up, if I can...