Duryodhana and Salya

ca.1598

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, four lines of Persian text are at the top of the page, above a scene of two kings on a gold throne, surrounded by courtiers and servants. The inscription in the border at the bottom includes the name of the artist, Kamal, son of Khem. The scene is an illustration from the Razm-nama (Persian translation of the Mahabharata), depicting Duryodhana going with several brothers to the house of Salya, asking him to be Kama's charioteer in the great war. Salya and Duryodhana sit together on the same throne.