Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana

Hindola raga

anonymous

The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night

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

Lovers in a Zenana Garden at Night

Mughal

Hindol Raga, page from a Garland of Musical Ragas (Ragamala) Set

Unknown Artist

Baby Krishna doodt de demon Putana

anonymous

Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala

India, Bilaspur

Hindola Raga

Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra

Yashoda Chastises Her Foster Son, the Youthful Krishna, page from a manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana

Unknown Artist

Krishna and Radha Avoid Embarrassment: Mottaita Bhava, from a Rasikapriya

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

A couple seated against two pillows engaged in sex, from an erotic series

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Radha Speaks to Krishna: Page from the Boston Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)

Unknown Artist

Pichvai of Shri Nathji

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Nathdwara