Joy & Play, works
217–252 of 10,629 works, most celebrated first
Maharana Jagat Singh II Hunting
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series
The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Kamsa deploys Akrura and Keshi to Braj, from a Bhagavata Purana
Singers
Tiger Family
The Elephant of Maharana Jai Singh of Mewar (r. 1680–98) Catches a Horse by the Tail
Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Radha and Hindu God Krishna Celebrating the Festival Holi
Sake Party with No Light
Raja Gulab Singh
Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar (r. 1761–73) with His Consort on a Terrace
The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortune he purchases for his ring, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
The daughter of the merchant of Mazanderan asks the gardener for the rose, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Umed Singh of Kota Hunting Lions
The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him that the cause of his happiness is his assignation with a woman who is the jester’s own wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-second Night
The Fourth King of Hell
Children at Play
Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
Ragini Desakh of Meghamalhar
Music and Dance
Sunday Afternoon in the Country
The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Tannhäuser
Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Gossiping Sparrows)
Seven men disputing possession of a woman bring her before the Tree of Justice into which she is absorbed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixth Night
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
Tradition
Horses and Grooms in the Stable
The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night
The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
Smoker
The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night