The daughter of the king of the jinns bows before the King of Kings who has just undergone the ordeal of passing through the boiling oil to emerge as a youth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night

The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night

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

The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit together with an old man and a cauldron of boiling oil, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventh Night)

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

Mahrusa kills herself at the tomb of the king of Zabul, and her husband does likewise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night

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

Kedara Ragini

anonymous

Maharaja Anup Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1669–98) Receives a Courtier

Ruknuddin

The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman bathing and falls in love with her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night

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

The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking it open, when the physician discovers she is still alive, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night

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

Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be, folio 18 (verso) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh

Ragini Setmalar, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

Unknown Artist

Worship of Shiva and Devi

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner

The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night

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

A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Raghogarh