# King Bana in his court, from an Usha-Aniruddha

- Date: c. 1760–70
- Medium: Gum tempera and ink on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 21.9 x 32.1 cm (8 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Credit line: Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.62)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1986.62/1986.62_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This portrait of a demon king depicts him listening to the report of one of his ministers. He may be hearing the news that his daughter Usha has been secretly receiving Krishna’s grandson Aniruddha in her bedchamber.

The artist has depicted Bana with his 20 arms emerging like tentacles from his body. The members of his multicolored demon court are imaginatively rendered combinations of beasts and humans. In the background, demons harass holy men by burning their huts and chasing them away from their settlements.