Woman Feeding Deer: Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala

Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series

Eastern India, Bengal, Murshidabad, 18th century

Ragini Todi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

Unknown Artist

Gaudi Ragini

India, Rajasthan, probably Jaipur, 18th century

Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Sanwalah

Sita asks Rama to fetch the golden deer, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Vasant Ragini, Page from a Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Unknown Artist

Kakubha ragini

anonymous

Gaudi Ragini, page from a Ragamala series

India, Rajasthan, possibly Raghugarh school, late 18th Century

The merchant’s daughter encounters a wolf and bandits on her way to meet the gardener in order to keep her promise, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

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

Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm

India, Bengal, Mughal, 18th century

A woman with two children, having abandoned her home, goes into the forest where she encounters a leopard, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirtieth Night

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

Kakubha Ragini

India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)