A Prince Performs Austerities (recto); Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740)

A Prince Performs Austerities (recto), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740)

Eastern India, Odisha (formerly Orissa)

‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

anonymous

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso)

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Leaf from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740)

Eastern India, Odisha

Krishna and Balarama by a River: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu)

Unknown Artist

Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Krishna Followed by his Herd in Vrindavan

anonymous

Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth, folio 18 (recto) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh

Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Central India, Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Datia

Kama Aims His Bow at Radha: Page From a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Loves of Krishna)

Unknown Artist

Folio 115 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a buffalo (recto); text (verso)

Nepal

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

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh