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The court of the Raja of Ujjain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night (c. 1560) — gum tempera, ink, and go Zoom

The court of the Raja of Ujjain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night

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