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Adhai dvipa pata, Jain cosmographic map showing the two and and a half (adhai) continents (dvipa) of the middle world
16th – 17th Century
MAS
Antwerp, Belgium
This is the middle world of humans and animals. The central disc is the continent of the Jambu, or rose apple tree, with Mount Meru at its centre. It is surrounded by circular oceans and continents. The yellow lines are mountain ranges in which greyish-blue rivers take their source.
The two horn-shaped rivers in the Himalayas at the bottom are the Indus and the Ganges, with India in the middle. Jains believe that liberation can only be attained in this area.
Details
- Title: Adhai dvipa pata, Jain cosmographic map showing the two and and a half (adhai) continents (dvipa) of the middle world
- Date Created: 16th – 17th Century
- Location: Rajasthan [region]
- Physical Dimensions: height: 80cm – width: 81cm
- Subject Keywords: Ethnographic collection
- Type: Gouache (painting)
- Medium: Cotton, gouache (water-based paint)
- ID: AE.1991.0035
- Department: Ethnographic collection – Asia
- Acquisition: Donation from Friends of the Ethnographic Museum [Antwerp] (1991)
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