The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): First Night

Dipak Raga: Folio from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Unknown Artist

Bangala Ragini

Central India, Rajasthan, Malwa school, 17th century

Pancham Raga

Central India, Malwa, 17th century

Bhairava Raga

India, early 19th century

Ragini Des Variri: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Unknown Artist

A Brahmin gives Krishna the Message or Invitation for the Competition to Rukmini’s Svayamvara, from a Bhagavata Purana

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Krishna en herderinnen

anonymous

The three young men present themselves as suitors for the hand of Zuhra, the daughter of the merchant of Kabul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

King Dasharatha sends his chief minister Sumantra to summon Rama, from the "Shangri" Ramayana

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Ragamala painting

anonymous

The goldsmith and the carpenter inform the king of a dream in which the golden images plan to desert the city for lack of worshippers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Ragini Devagandhari, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

Unknown Artist