DescriptionLehna Singh Majithia looking through telescope with pundit.jpg
English: Lehna Singh Majithia looking through telescope with an astrologically-inclined pundit.
Illustrated folio painting from the 'Sarvasiddhantattvacudamani' - 'The Crest-Jewel of the Essence of all Systems of Astronomy' - written by Durgashankar Pathak in Varanasi. The manuscript was commissioned around 1840 by Lehna Singh Majithia, whose horoscope is included in the manuscript. (British Library). Another image of this artwork can be viewed at: link (ignore incorrect/misidentified caption at that webpage)
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Lehna Singh Majithia looking through telescope with pundit