Sugriva challenges his brother Vali, King of the Forest Dwellers, to a duel, folio 10 from the Kishkindha Kanda (Book of Kishkindha) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Krishna's Insomnia, Page from a Rasikapriya

Central India, Malwa school, 17th century

Gajendra Moksha: The Salvation of the King of the Elephants

India, Rajasthan, Kota(?), 19th century

Shiva en Parvati

anonymous

Abhisarika Nayika (Heroine Running to Meet her Lover)

Unknown Artist

A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)

Chokha

Shiva Ardhanarisvara

anonymous

Kanhara Ragini: Song of Inspiration to Krishna for Killing the Elephant Demon, from the Ragamala Series

India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kota school, 18th century

Krishna asks for sweets, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Kama Aims His Bow at Radha: Page From a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Loves of Krishna)

Unknown Artist

Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" Ramayana

Central India, Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Datia, Court of Raja Bir Singh Deo (reigned 1605–27)