Rama and Sita in the royal palace (recto), from a Kalighat album

Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

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

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the fifth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Ghulam 'Ali

Page from a Dispersed Ramayana: (Story of Rama)

Unknown Artist

The rejuvenated old man and the daughter of the king of the jinns take leave of the King of Kings, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night

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

A Wedding Scene

Unknown Artist

Scène uit de Mahabharata of Ramayana (?)

anonymous

The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night

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

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

Unknown Artist

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Rama and Sita in the Royal Palace (recto); Radha and Krishna (verso)

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court of the Raja, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night

Ghulam 'Ali

Rama avatar

Unknown Artist