Nachtelijke jacht

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

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Krishna and Two Women in a Garden

anonymous

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)

‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

anonymous

Shiva en Parvati met kinderen

anonymous

Habbaza meets Bashir under a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night

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

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

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

Sanwalah

Shiva Under Trees

Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra

Adoration of young Krishna

India, Himachal Pradesh, Mandi

Goddess Standing on a Mountaintop

Master of the court of Mandi

Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat