A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in Amazement: A Page from a Manuscript of Religious History

Palace women enjoy music by the side of a cascade

Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Guler

Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

Dharam Das

The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh 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

Tara 1

Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night

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

De koninginne chandohaan

Adrianus Canter Visscher

Repenting his conduct, ‘Ubaid falls at the feet of his parents, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night

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

Scene met astroloog

anonymous

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

The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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

The Birth of Krishna, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Ramakali ragini

anonymous