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- Four Centuries of South Asian Paintings and Manuscripts
- South Asian paintings and manuscripts in the Royal Collection
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- Paintings and manuscripts from south India
- The library of Tipu Sultan
- The Carnatic under the Wallajah Nawabs
- Paintings and manuscripts from the Hindu courts of north India
- Series depicting the dashavatara
- Verses from the ‘Gita Govinda’
- Pahari paintings of music and poetry
- The story of Prahlada from the ‘Bhagavata Purana’
- Paintings from the Sikh courts
- Conservation of Indian Manuscripts
- Poetry
Prahlada ordered to be killed
Hiranyakashipu is angered after Prahlada again expresses devotion to Vishnu and orders that the demons kill him.


Indian School, Pahari style, 19th century
Shukracharya advises Hiranyakashipu not to try to kill Prahlada circa 1810
38.5 x 30.5 cm (folio dimensions) | RCIN 925233