The Heroic Death in Battle of Rani Durgavati, 1564, Right Panel, from the Akbarnama

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The Heroic Death in Battle of Rani Durgavati, 1564, Right Panel
from the Akbarnama

Akbarnama: The Heroic Death in Battle of Rani Durgavati, 1564, right panel

Akbarnama: The Heroic Death in Battle of Rani Durgavati, 1564, right panel

Right painted by the Mughal court artists Kesav and Jagannath. This depicts the heroic death in battle of Rani Durgavati, ruler of the Gond Kingdom of Middle India, in 1564. She was a princess of the renowned Chandel dynasty of Mahoba, and ruled Gondwana (now included in the state of Madhya Pradesh) as regent for her son Bir Narayan. She was a capable and benevolent ruler as well as being a courageous leader. Her army consisted of 20,000 cavalry and 1,000 elephants, and had repelled other attacks on the kingdom, but her forces were easily defeated by the overwhelming size of the Mughal army. V&A Museum

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