Guys any idea of what this is

Guys this was received for one of my friends wedding day. it seems to contain some old paper nicely wrapped in both glassed frame. inside it a paper seems to contain arab or hindi transcript. No idea what is it. any guys got a clue regarding this

 

There are two different scripts, Hindi, as you thought, and Urdu, the main language of Pakistan. It may have been made before the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
It looks like a page from a book. The style is traditional.
An interesting detail is the gold peacock crown, that may be connected with with one of the old Maharaja states. The page could be from a book with information about the states of old India, a bit like old school tourist information: this is the typical elephant parade attire for the state of.....

 

I suspect the elephant was painted at a much later date, as it covers the writing. I have seen that many times. Old handwritten pages are embellished with a nice miniature painting which is then sold as antique ( and the page itself is antique indeed, but not the painting).

 

You're right, at first I thought the writing was coming through from the other side of the page. It is difficult to see with the reflections.
The elephant certainly looks new, the gilding/gold paint looks freshly done.
Do you have any idea of the stamps? From a collection or library?

 

I cannot read it, undfortunately, but it looks as if it is some kind of document or official letter? With the big "logo" of the issuing authority on one side and the seal and signature of some official on the reverse...

 

Had similar before. These are modern miniature painting's on old court documents with old fee stamps made for tourists. It should read somewhere how much Anna's the fee was, in many occasions its four Anna's. I assume you are from the UK?, because they are fairly common here.

 

Mariyan is from Sri Lanka, so not that far from wherever it was produced.

 

indeed not far.

One hand? Can you imagine how many pieces this person painted per day. See link

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=i...9a7JBJNUXAEcvgehhkE8rp&*&imgrc=9HrcV4oOiykoCM:

 

Thanks, interesting.

 

Would have been very cool to see that against a blank, white wall!!!!! Hard to make out what I'm looking at......

 

Hey thanks guys. you people are amazing. i never though i could get an idea of what it is.. thanks people