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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 53 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman bathing and falls in love with her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night
The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Text, Folio 76 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Text, Folio 41 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Beauties at the Seashore
Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
Text, Folio 66 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Nanda Solves Vasudeva’s Dilemma, from a Bhagavata Purana
King Muchukunda Enters the Realm of Mount Gandhamadana to Attain Salvation, from the “Fifth Basohli Bhagavata Purana”
Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah with his brother and son
Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi
Krishna Abhisarika Nayika, from a Rasikapriya manuscript
The prince, with the help of Mukhlis who changes into a frog, recovers the ring lost in the sea, and returns it to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles himself into the bed of Mansur’s wife, but is put off by her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Text, Folio 65 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom
Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar (r. 1761–73) with His Consort on a Terrace
Opium Smokers Served Fruit and Bread
Mary Fairlie Cooper
Text, Folio 61 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
An amorous couple, probably Raja Mahendra Pal of Basohli with a favorite queen
Two Beauties
Radha and Krishna seated on a balcony
Street Singer and Child
Text, Folio 42 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 6 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 11 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 19 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 64 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Illustrated Book of Flowers and Butterflies
Khujasta kills the pet mynah who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): First Night
Text, Folio 21 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 38 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Vigil on the Sixth Night After Mahavira's Birth, Folio 33 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid who is away on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects
European Costume Scene
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574–1612)
Set of Four Painted Characters
Khulasa, a vizier, sees the daughter of Khassa, another vizier, and covets her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
Friends of Krishna, folio 163 from a Bhakti Ratnavali of Vishnu Puri