FOUR ILLUSTRATED AND ONE PLAIN LOOSE FOLIOS FROM AKALAKACARYAKATHA MANUSCRIPT: THE SIEGE OF UJJAIN AND KALAKA RECEIVING HOMAGE FROM INDRA Gujarat, North Western India, ca. 1400 - 1450 Opaque pigments, black ink and gold on paper, 7ll. to the page of black ink Jain Prakrit nagari script, the text interrupted in the centre by the typical red pothihole, the first group with one plain and three illustrated folios depicting the siege of Ujjain by Kalaka and an army of Saka (Scythian) warriors in an attempt to free his sister kidnapped by King Gardhabilla, the latter a single illustrated folio from a very early series showing Indra in two different forms, as an ascetic and in his God's form, paying homage to the monk Kalaka, both groups showcasing an absence of blue pigment and unadorned red pothi-holes dots pointing to a date in the first half of the 15th century, 26cm x 11.5cm each folio.