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It was the Persian translation commissioned by the emperor Akbar of the Sanskrit epic text, the Mahabharata. Here, the sage Vyasa accompanied by three disciples in his hermitage, observes his son, Shuka, approaching them through the air like a ball of fire.The painting was purchased for the museum from the executors of the late J. C. 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According to the catalogue of The Art of India and Pakistan (ed. Sir Leigh Ashton), London 1950, p. 147, '125 miniatures were sold separately and 24 with the rest of the manuscript.' The section dated 1007/1598 is now in the British Museum (see G. Meredith-Owens and R. Pinder-Wilson, \"A Persian Translation of the Mahabharata\", British Museum Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3, London 1956, pp. 62-65, pl. 19, 20.\r\nOther pages in the V&A are IS.457-1950, IS.459-1950, Circ. 242-1922, Circ.244-1922. 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