Kalighat Painting

Krishna Awaiting Radha

India, Pahari Hills, Guler school, 18th century

Anantasayan (Vishnu Reclining on Serpent Ananta)

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

Rama and Sita enthroned (recto), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Radha Stroking Krishna's Feet

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

Seated Couple

India, Mysore, early 19th Century

Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

Unknown Artist

The farmer, father of the son with the deceitful wife, steals away with her anklet while she is in bed with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth 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

Radha and Krishna on a Bed at Night

Unknown Artist

Vishnu op wereldslang Ananta, geboorte van Brahma

anonymous

A King Making Love in the Harem

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur

The snake, hidden in a basket of flowers, reveals himself to the Raja who has just sent away his wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-third Night

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