A Kalighat painting, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, ca. 1890, from Kolkata, showing Arjuna shooting arrows at Bhishma, the Mahabharata's account of Bhishma falling on his bed of arrows at Kurukshetra. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under museum number IS.40-1959, South and South East Asia Collection.
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MediumKalighat painting, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, ca. 1890, Victoria and Albert Museum IS.40-1959 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names Arjuna directly: "1890, from Kolkata, showing Arjuna shooting arrows at Bhishma, the Mahabharata's account of Bhishma falling on his bed of arrows at Kurukshetra."
Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
This source names Kolkata directly: "1890, from Kolkata, showing Arjuna shooting arrows at Bhishma, the Mahabharata's account of Bhishma falling on his bed of arrows at Kurukshetra."
Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
This source names Kurukshetra directly: "falling on his bed of arrows at Kurukshetra."
Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Belongs to Tradition
Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Depicts
The V&A's own title and description name Bhishma directly as the target of Arjuna's arrows, the Mahabharata's own account of how Bhishma came to lie on his bed of arrows at Kurukshetra.
Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Sources
1. King Dasaratha, museum number IS.316-1961 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Victoria and Albert Museum
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