King Muchukunda Enters the Realm of Mount Gandhamadana to Attain Salvation, from the “Fifth Basohli Bhagavata Purana”

Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night

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

Sugriva challenges his brother Vali, King of the Forest Dwellers, to a duel, folio 10 from the Kishkindha Kanda (Book of Kishkindha) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Nurpur, Court of Dayadhata (reigned 1700–1735)

Shiva en Parvati

anonymous

A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)

Chokha

Brahma Hides the Cowherds and the Calves in the Cave, page from a Bhagavata Purana

India, Pahari Hills, Basholi School, 18th century

Asavari Ragini, page from a Garland of Musical Ragas (Ragamala) Set

Unknown Artist

A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape

India, Mughal court, 16th century

A Prince Visiting a Holy Man in a Rocky Landscape (recto)

India, Mughal, 16th century

Abhisarika Nayika (Heroine Running to Meet her Lover)

Unknown Artist

Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirin’s Death

Amar Das Bhatti, Dana Bhatti

Balarama verlegt de loop van de Yamuna met zijn ploeg

Unknown Artist

Ascetic Princess with Snakes in a Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner