Paintings From Royal Albums : Lalit Kala Series Portfolio No. 44

Contents: Plate I: The drowning of the Chinese beauty--a folio from the Aiyar-e-Danish (A book of animal fables). Mughal--Akbar period, dated A.D. 1596-7. Size: 24.8 x13.9 cms.

Plate II: Dabshalim visits the sage Bidpai--a folio from the Aiyar-e-Danish (A book of animal fables). Mughal--Akbar period, dated A.D. 1596-7. Size: 24.8 x13.9 cms.

Plate III: Mourning at court--a folio from the Aiyar-e-Danish (A book of animal fables). Mughal--Akbar period, dated A.D. 1596-7. Size: 24.8 x 13.9 cms.

Plate IV: A King in court--a folio from the Aiyar-e-Danish (A book of animal fables). Mughal--Akbar period, dated A.D. 1596-7. Size: 24.8 x 13.9 cms.

Plate V: A King while hunting accidentally shoots a woodcutter--a folio from the Aiyar-e-Danish (A book of animal fables). Mughal--Akbar period, dated A.D. 1596-7. Size: 24.8 x 13.9 cms.

Plate VI: The meeting of Prince Murad and Khusrau Sultan, son of Nazar Muhammad Khan, the ruler of Balkh and Bukhara at Sirab--detached miniature from the Padshah Nama of Abd-al-Hamid Lahori. Mughal--Shah Jahan period, c. A.D. 1650. Size: 27.3 x 18.4 cms.