A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi

The husband berates his wife for purchasing gravel instead of sugar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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

The merchant has the hateful skull ground and put into a box, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night

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

Radha and Her Confidant Sit in an Open Room: Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya

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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-second Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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

Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)

Unknown Artist

Madhava faces a man holding a scale, from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Lovers on a Terrace: Ramakali Ragini of Hindol, from a Bundi Ragamala

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi

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)

The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the princess of Rum, now married to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

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