The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album

The Dream of Zuleykha

India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century

Seduction Scene on a Terrace by Moonlight

Mughal

Madhu Madhavi Ragini

Central India, Malwa

Vrouw wordt naar haar minnaar geleid, Dipak raga

anonymous

Lalita Ragini, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

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)

Lovers Embracing (Raga Malkaus)

India, Rajasthan, Bundi, 18th century

The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basawan​

The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): 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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The deceitful wife persuades her husband to sleep in the same place where she had previously slept with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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