# The sword and the flute

Uses Indian music and Moghul and Rajput miniature paintings in presenting four facets in the the thinking of India: the courtly life during the reign of the Turkoman Muslim conqueror Emperor Akbar; the saintly life of the yogin and the respect shown the true ascetic; the spiritual meaning of romantic love between man and woman; and the adored divine bridegroom, which is one of the symbols as represented by the Lord Krishna Narrator, James Ivory

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1959
- Runtime: 24 min
- By: Ivory, James, Film Images, inc
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/theswordandtheflute)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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