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A prince in the centre standing with bow and arrow. Wears an elaborate bejewelleil head-dress, a long necklace and heavy ear-rings. A sword in scabbard hangs to his left side. Aiming at a long. horned winged deer, below which is a winged dove and a fawn. A flowering tree between the prince and the deer.
The scene closes wish the prince standing with reversed bow in left har l and talking to a lady seated in the fork of an Asoka tree under which the
winged deer lies dead. 12. RĀNI GUMPHĀ- Upper storey, main wing. View of the fifth compartment (partly damaged).
Probably represents a musical festival. On the left side, a lady seated on a bench, behind to left, three female figures, one bearing a vase, the second waving a chawri and the third holding an umbrella over the laly. In the foreground, an attendant with a bowl in uplifted right hand. To right two females, one bearing garland in a tray and the other waving a chawri.
In the centre, six figures can be seen—three in the foreground seated, playing on musical instruments, and three in the backgrounil dancing.
On the right end, a male figure scated to left on a bench with right leg crossed over to the left one, and right hand raised to his chest. On the ground, in front of the bench, a vase and an attendant seated with folded hands.
PLATE UI 13. RÄNĪ GUMPHĀ--View of the seventh compartment.
Much mutilated.
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