Krishna in the Garden of Assam: The History and Context of a Much-Travelled Textile

By T. Richard Blurton

This beautiful and rare textile; now in the British Museum; was produced in the late seventeenth century in the wake of the remarkable outflow of Krishna veneration resulting from the ministry of the great eastern Indian saint; Sankaradava (died 1568). Nine metres in length; it is made up of twelve strips; all now sown together; and woven with captioned scenes from the life of Krishna as recorded in the tenth-century text; the Bhagavata Purana; and elaborated in the dramas of Sankaradeva. The author looks at the art; technique and iconography of the textile and also place it within its wider religious; cultural and geographical contexts. He traces; too; its fascinating history and its journey from Assam to London

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714124877
• ISBN13: 9780714124872
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.3"