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Vijay Mukesh
A Ruler admiring a Painting

- - Indian miniaturists painted portraits in distinctive styles as a celebration of the local ruler. "In certain cases the treatment would be factual and realistic as if the artist was making a record for the future, a reminder of what his patron looked like, or a gift for presentation to visitors or relations. A prince would be shown smoking, holding a flower, a sword or a hawk, alone or with attendants, receiving visitors or granting audiences. At

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