A manuscript from the Mewar Rāmāyaṇa depicting Rāma slaying Rāvaṇa.
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Ramayana (Pushpaka Vimana)

The Ramayana's flying car Pushpak flies wherever its master wills.

c.5th c. BCE-3rd c. CE

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Photo: Scribes and painters employed by the Kingdom of Mewar., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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