Fig. 3: Ramayana War by embroidery and outlining artist Suraj Begum, made on muslin, Himachal State Museum Collection. The rumal shows vanar sena (army of monkeys) attacking Ravana’s army. The motifs of horses, elephants, chariots, bows and arrows are integral to this rumal. Red thread has been used skilfully to realistically depict blood flowing out of attacked animals and people