At an IGNCA exhibition of Mughal miniature paintings this was one of my favorites.
Painted about 500 years ago by an artist named Abu'l Hassan and titled "Squirrels on a Plane Tree", it shows a hunter attempting to climb up a lovely, lone Chinar, sending a dozen furry tails scampering into the autumn foliage.
One question remained though - are the squirrels in the upper Himalaya's different from the common striped ones you see on the plains?
The squirrels in this painting certainly look a lot more like the ones in the Ushiku Daibutsu zoo in Japan, than any types I've seen in India so far..
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