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accession number:	2018.120
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Raja Sansar Chand Attacking Kangra Fort, 1782. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra. Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton cloth; painting: 81.3 x 264 cm (32 x 103 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.120

title:				Raja Sansar Chand Attacking Kangra Fort
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creation date:			1782
creation date earliest:		1782
creation date latest:		1782
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra
technique:	Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton cloth
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting: 81.3 x 264 cm (32 x 103 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscriptions in Takri and Persian.  Persian reads: “On the 23rd of the month of Kartik, Samvat 1839 (1782 a.d.) Sri Maharaja Sansar Chand Bahadur attached Lakkarkot (Nagrakot ?) and the fortress of Kangra, attained victory and made siege intrenchments at the fortress of Kot Kangra.”  At this time Sansar Chand was campaigning in the Kangra region with the support of the Sikh Jai Singh Kanheya who does not, however, appear in the present picture.  But it was not until 1783 that Kangra Fort was surrendered to the Sikhs after the death of the Mughal Governor of Kangra, Saif Ali Khan.  In 1786 Sansar Chand finy gained Kangra Fort by peaceful treaty from Jai Singh Kanheya in return for territorial concessions in the Punjab Plains (Archer, vol. 1, p. 249)
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