King Dasharatha grieves inconsolably at his obligation to banish Rama to the forest (bazaar art, c.1930's?); *another scan of the same print*

Source: ebay, Aug. 2001


"Bharat Milap"-- Bharat comes to the forest, to beseech Rama to return to Ayodhya (modern pata chitra)

Source: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/paintings/pc03
(downloaded March 2001)


Bharat reverently accepts Rama's sandal, which he will place on the throne during his regency (bazaar art, mid-1900's)

Source: ebay, Jan. 2006


An early Bollywood film (1942) about the episode: *another poster*; *Nehru's endorsement*

Source: ebay, Feb. 2007


An idyllic scene in the forest, while Lakshman skins a deer (a modern copy of an early miniature)

Source: http://www.exoticindia.com/product/HC42/
(downloaded Feb. 2005) 


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