‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

anonymous

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)

Eastern India, Odisha (formerly Orissa)

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

‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

anonymous

‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

anonymous

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

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Kamatha Performing the Five Fire Penances (top) and Parsvanatha Rescuing the Snake Dharana (bottom): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

Unknown Artist

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)

Illustration to the Mahabharata

India, Maharashtra, Paithan school, c. 1800

Yashoda Binds Krishna’s Hands: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript

Unknown Artist

Mahavira Plucks Out His Hair: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

Unknown Artist

Queen Trisala Nursing the Newborn Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

Unknown Artist