id:			314404
accession number:	2018.120
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.120
updated:		2025-04-22 20:31:11.392000

Raja Sansar Chand attacking Kangra Fort, 1782. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton cloth; overall with border: 81.3 x 264 cm (32 x 103 15/16 in.); painting only: 73 x 256.5 cm (28 3/4 x 101 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:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton cloth
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: overall with border: 81.3 x 264 cm (32 x 103 15/16 in.); Painting only: 73 x 256.5 cm (28 3/4 x 101 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscriptions in Takri and Persian.  Persian reads: “On the 23rd of the month of Kartik, Samvat 1839 (1782 AD) 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.”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Martial Art of India
	opening date:   2022-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Martial Art of India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Charles Ewart, London, England, sold to Catherine Glynn and Ralph Benkaim)
	date: ?–1976
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	Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA
	date: 1976–2001
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2001–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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