Gathering of dervishes and drug addicts

An assembly of dervishes or holy men has gathered on a Persianate hillside with a chenar tree (Oriental plane) and a water-course. They are under the influence of bhang, a marijuana potion which is being prepared by the men in the right foreground. Satirical scenes of dissolute drug-takers become a common genre in the Mughal period.

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