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Artist
Basawan  (fl. 1560–1600)  wikidata:Q728311
 
Basawan
Alternative names
Baswan; Basavan; Basavana
Description painter and illuminator
Indian painter and illuminator
Date of birth/death 1560s
date QS:P,+1560-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
 Edit this at Wikidata		 1600s
date QS:P,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Uttar Pradesh Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1560 Edit this at Wikidata–1600 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q728311
, Tara (The Elder)
Description
English: Basawan. Battle of rival ascetics. Akbarnama, ca. 1590, V&A Museum. This painting is from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar). It is the right side of a double-page composition by Basawan, an artist at the Mughal court. The left side can be found at File:Battle between Sannyasis at Thanesar, left side.jpg. Together these two paintings depict a battle between sannyasis (Hindu holy men) at Thanesar in north-west India. This illustration a double-page composition designed by Basawan, has details painted by Tara the Elder. It depicts a battle between two sects of Sannyasis (Hindu devotees) over right to bath first in the water body at Thanesar in north-west India, battle is being watched by the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556–1605) on horseback, accompanied by his entourage
Date Circa 1590-1595
institution QS:P195,Q213322
Accession number
IS.2:61-1896
Source/Photographer V&A Museum https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9627/akbar-painting-basawan/

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a battle between two sects of sannyasis (Hindu devotees) at Thanesar in north-west India, watched by the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556–1605) on horseback, accompanied by his entourage

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