Bharata – the son of Sakuntala

Bharata the son of Sakuntala
Painting Date: 1910

The childhood of Saravadamana is depicted in this Picture. Sarvadamana was the son of Dushyanta and Sankuntala. Sarvadamana later becomes Emperor Bharata (Sanskrit: भरतः). He was the first to conquer all of Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named after him as Bhāratavarṣa.

Bharata, the son of Sakuntala, after her love marriage with Dushyanta. Their courtship and love affair is described in Sambhava Parva.

Oil on canvas Painting by Raja Ravi Varma.

The current location of the painting is Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum, Lakshmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara, Gujarat.

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