Pal, PratapadityaPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham2019-10-152019-10-151965IM-74http://hdl.handle.net/1885/1759623 successive scenes of left show the worship of a hare, a goose and a peacock. As all three are on pedestals, may be some sort of totemism or of esoteric symbolism. Immediately after the dividing motif of the lotus a nimbate [sic], crowned figure stands in rigid, hieratic pose flanked by 2 adoring males. Then 3 animals with brown skin spckled with black who appear to be tigers, one perhaps chasing a man who is possibly climbing a tree. Subsequently another tiger appears, and the 2 animals fight. If [the] man is resting against the tree, however, may represent the Jataka story where the Bodhisattva offered himself to a hungry tigress who was about to devour her cubs. Then tiared [sic] figure who appears to have gashed his head with sword, the blood being drunk by sucimukhas. Then a crowned, nimabte [sic] figure seated on a lotus, fanned by 2 attendants. -- which, according to the colophon, was written in Bihar in the 15th cent. 128 palm leaves (13 1/4 x 2 1/4) written in Bengali script.35mmmounted transparencyb&wimage/tiffen-AUBengal & Bihar-- Painting, Bengal & Biharmanuscriptsbook scan2019-10-15This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.