Ganesha Leads Shiva and Durga in Procession

“Royal Hunt,” folio from a Mahabharata

Unknown Artist

Maharao Shatru Sal II (1866–89) Hunting a Tiger

Unknown Artist

‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

anonymous

Krishna and the Kshatriya Maidens Proceed to Dvaraka: page from a Bhagavata Purana series

Sa Nana

“Harishchandra and his Minister Killing a Tiger,” folio from a Harishchandra Series

Unknown Artist

Illustration to the Mahabharata

India, Maharashtra, Paithan school, c. 1800

Bhima Slays Jarasandha: Page from a Bhagavata Purana Manuscript

Unknown Artist

Gajendra Moksha: The Salvation of the King of the Elephants

India, Rajasthan, Kota(?), 19th century

Battle of the Forces of Krishna and Bana, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

Unknown Artist

Varaha (Vishnu as boar) riding an Elephant

anonymous

A Raja on an Elephant

India, Rajasthan, Ajmer area, possibly Sawar school, late 17th Century

Illustration of the Mahabharata

India, Maharashtra, Paithan School, early 19th Century