Syncretic imageries in narrative patachitra of Bengal: A case study

This paper tries to examine the prevalent understanding of the dichotomous social identity of Potua through a case study of two patachitra specimens from nineteenthcentury Murshidabad. This paper is divided into four parts. Rather straight forward introduction leads to the second part that deals with the dichotomous and somewhat ambiguous social identity of Potua through its historiography. The third part is a case study of two scrolls from nineteenth-century Murshidabad- Ramayana pata & Gazi pata. The fourth as well as conclusion sections mainly deals with the formal and stylistic analysis of the two discussed patachitra and try to offer a logical deduction.