Statue of a barebreasted woman sitting sidesaddle on a horse; she is holding a small pot under her left arm, and a sheaf of plant material (fennel?) in her right hand. Verso: WHO/18403. SEARO. Smallpox-India. SM 5-1980. So rooted was smallpox in the everyday life of India that the disease has its own goddess, Shitala Mata.
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