Great Procession: A Mural by Krishen Khanna

The Maurya empire, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was the largest and most powerful political and military empire of ancient India. This book is about a mural by renowned Indian artist Krishen Khanna which shows not just contemporary life, but a fusion of the Mauryan past with the present of the 1980s without any obvious parading of modern achievements such as skyscrapers and traffic jams. The dome that houses the mural is located in the lobby of a hotel in Delhi and it is really a complex vault, covered with painted scenes at two or three levels. Krishen Khanna's great cast of humans and other beasts, and his ever-changing stage of buildings, streets, alleys, together with broader glimpses of nature frame scenes or individuals, make this a rich and complex kaleidoscopic encounter. The Great Procession is another in Mapin's Contemporary Indian Artist Series.Lynton, Norbert is the author of 'Great Procession: A Mural by Krishen Khanna', published 2007 under ISBN 9780944142530 and ISBN 0944142532.