Nanda Solves Vasudeva’s Dilemma, from a Bhagavata Purana

Friends of Krishna, folio 163 from a Bhakti Ratnavali of Vishnu Puri

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Krishna en herderinnen

anonymous

A group of women in ecstasy before Madhava, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Kanhra Ragini

India, Rajasthan, Amber, early 18th Century

A traveler persuades Lorik to return home (top); Chanda objects (bottom), from a Chandayana (Story of Chanda)

Sultanate India

Madhava faces a man holding a scale, from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

A Brahmin gives Krishna the Message or Invitation for the Competition to Rukmini’s Svayamvara, from a Bhagavata Purana

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

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)

Kama Shoots a Love Arrow at Shiva, from a copy of the Song of Gauri (Gita-Gauri)

Unknown Artist

The handmaiden again appeals for justice and the prince is led to the place of execution for the third time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Gujarati

Rishyashringa addresses the courtesans, from the "Shangri" Ramayana

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Maharaja Shri Anand Singh-ji and His Consort

Ustad Murad