The spirit of Indian painting: close encounters with 101 great works, 1100-1900

A layered world

Close encounters with 101 great works

Visions. Hiranyagarbha: the cosmic egg

A Bodhisattva, possibly Ratnapani

The goddess green Tara dispenses boons

The heavenly court of Indra

Rival armies meet across the river

Krishna subdues Trinavarta, the whirlwind demon

Umar slays a dragon with Naphtha

The prophet Ilyas rescues a prince

The great goddess in her Chamunda form

Neptune, lord of the seas

The speaking tree

The virgin and child

The goddess Saraswati enthroned

The house of Bijapur

Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in exile

King Kamsa in his inner apartments

Kamsa attempts to kill the newborn child

The celestial chariot

Krishna lifting the Mount Govardhan

The Devi rides in state

Shiva, ever solicitous of his other half

Shiva and Parvati among the clouds

Indra dancing

Meru, the golden mountain

Vasudeva takes the infant Krishna across the Yamuna River

The great goddess battles the demons

Rasamandala: the eternal dance

The house of the Pandavas is set on fire

The emergence of Varaha: boar incarnation of Vishnu

A boat adrift on a river

The Devi diagram

Rama, Sita and Lakshmana cross the Ganga

King Dasharatha's cremation

Shiva and his family

Vishvarupa: the cosmic form of Krishna

Krishna storms the citadel of Narakasura

Three aspects of the absolute

Observation. A chameleon

Learned disputations between Jain monks

Portrait of the Emperor Akbar

A young scholar

Two camels fighting

'When the lamp of life in extinguished'

Perils of the hunt

A mine explodes during the siege of Chittor

Ibrahim Adil Shah II

An old Sufi

Jahangir with a portrait of Akbar

Jahangir preferring a Sufi Shaikh to kings

Jahangir takes aim at poverty

The emperor Jahangir giving audience

Two tulips and an Iris

The dying man: Inayat Khan

Jahangir receives prince Khurram

The capture and death of Khan Jahan Lodi

An encampment in the hills

The Rao of Kutch's procession outside Anjar

Raja Sidh Sen of Mandi: an informal portrait

Raja Balwant Singh examining a painting with Nainsukh

Villagers around a fire

The Krishna story enacted: the Rasalila continues in the Mewar Royal Palace

A royal tiger hunt

Rao Ram Singh I of Kota pursuing a Rhinoceros

Rawat Gokul Das of Deogarh at Singh Sagar

Two portraits of Kala, the sepoy

Maharaja Narinder Singh of Patiala in procession

Portrait of a priestly figure

A lady of rank

A group of courtesans

Passion. A elopement

longing and union

Remembering that fawn-eyed beauty

The musical mode of Gaudi Ragini

Raga Vasanta

Radha and Krishna exchanging roles

Gazing fondly into the mirror

The longings of love

Distraught Krishna

A glimpse of the loved one

The bower of quiet passion

The boat of love

To set out with eagerness: the Abhisarika heroine

'Unending passion': the Ratipriya heroine

'As desire rises'

'Abashed at her delight; of her deep joy afraid'

The pavilion of love

Re-enacting Krishna's marvellous deeds

Nala enters Damayanti's apartments

Glimpsing the beloved and pining for her: princes long for the beauteous Lavanyavati

Two lovers

In the role of Krishna

Contemplation. Intimations of mortality

Five holy men

A gathering of Sufis

Meditating Dervish

A Yogini

Saptarishi: the seven sages

Maharao Kishor Singh of Kota celebrating a religious festival

The Sufi Saint Shah Sharf 'Bu Ali' Qalandar

A priestly figured seated.