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.