CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Folio 6b, Gajendra praying to Visnu; Gajendra Moksham. The episode of Vishnu saving the king of elephants (Gajendra) from the jaws of the crocodile. [Gajendra Moksham (Liberation of Gajendra, the King of the Elephants)]

Subject: Folio 11, Visnu frees Gajendra from crocodile; Gajendra Moksham. The episode of Vishnu saving the king of elephants (Gajendra) from the jaws of the crocodile. [Gajendra Moksham (Liberation of Gajendra, the King of the Elephants)]

Subject: The oceans yielding the divine cow, Surabhi; the Apsaras; the white horse, Uccaihsravas; the white elephant, Airavata; the Parijata tree, and Laksmi; Kurma Avatara (Tortoise incarnation) of Vishnu. The episode of churning the ocean of milk for nectar. [Kurma Avatara (Incarnation as a Tortoise)]

Subject: Folio 37, Fight of the disappointed Asuras: Indra mounted on Airavata (the white elephant); Kurma Avatara (Tortoise incarnation) of Vishnu. The episode of churning the ocean of milk for nectar. [Kurma Avatara (Incarnation as a Tortoise)]

Subject: Aryavalokitesvara; This is actually Aryavalokitesvara with eleven heads and one thousand arms, and an eye in the palm of each hand., Thangka of Eleven Headed Avalokiteshvara

Subject: Illumination: Sakra with elephant goad and parasol

Subject: Upper right portion, elephant leading the procession; In 1564, four sultans allied at Talikota against the Vijayanagara empire. In the Battle of Talikota in 1565 the Vijayangara army led by Rama Raya was defeated. He was the son-in-law of the emperor Krishna Deva Raya. Vijayanagara (now known as Hampi) was completely destroyed in the third battle. The victorious Muslim army was commanded by Hussain Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar, Ali Adil Shah and Ibrahim Qutb Shah. [Battle of Rakshasi-Tangadi (Battle of Talikota)]

Subject: Amr takes Hamza from the baths which an elephant brings down over Faridun Shah's head

Subject: Hamza kills the leader of the elephant-eared creatures

Subject: Hamza kills the leader of the elephant-eared creatures

Subject: Hamza kills the leader of the elephant-eared creatures

Subject: Shah Jahan's Pink Elephant Ridden by Prince Dara Shukoh

Subject: Left portion, elephant and rhinoceros [Ram Singh I of Kotah Hunting Rhinoceros]

Subject: Elephants, Ibrahim Adil Shah Riding an Elephant

Subject: Ibrahim Adil Shah Riding an Elephant

Subject: Battle scene at upper right with commander on elephant surrounded by troops [Battle between Dara Shukoh and Alamgir (later Emperor Aurangzeb) at Samurah, 1658]

Subject: Battle scene at left with elephant attacking tents [Battle between Dara Shukoh and Alamgir (later Emperor Aurangzeb) at Samurah, 1658]

Subject: Battle scene in center with Aurangzeb being helped to mount elephant [Battle between Dara Shukoh and Alamgir (later Emperor Aurangzeb) at Samurah, 1658]

Subject: Back of torso and lower heads, Eleven Headed Avalokiteshvara

Subject: Wild elephants captured by Akbar and put into the fort at Bayanwan; The Akbarnama was commissioned by the emperor Akbar as the official chronicle of his reign. It was written by his court historian and biographer Abu'l Fazl between 1590 and 1596 and is thought to have been illustrated between about 1592 and 1594 by at least 49 different artists from Akbar's studio.

Subject: Akbar crosses the Ganges on his elephant Udiya in pursuit of Ali Quli Khan In 1567; The Akbarnama was commissioned by the emperor Akbar as the official chronicle of his reign. It was written by his court historian and biographer Abu'l Fazl between 1590 and 1596 and is thought to have been illustrated between about 1592 and 1594 by at least 49 different artists from Akbar's studio.

Subject: Folio 6a, Gajendra seized by the crocodile: crocodile in lake; Gajendra Moksham. The episode of Vishnu saving the king of elephants (Gajendra) from the jaws of the crocodile. [Gajendra Moksham (Liberation of Gajendra, the King of the Elephants)]

Subject: Burhan al Mulk's Running Elephant

Subject: Head of elephant [Burhan al Mulk's Running Elephant]