India: Dancer depicted in the 'ad-sanj' position, Javahir al-Musiqat-i Muhammadi, Bijapur, c. 1600

The text is Dakhni and in Arabic script, indicating roots in the Muslim Deccan. The dancer is trained in South Indian traditions. Bare-legged and sharply angled, she wears a short wide skirt in a manner reminiscent of today’s Bharatanatyam dancers.

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