Radha

This painting is from a series illustrating the Rasamanjari or 'blossom-cluster of delight' by the poet Bhanudatta, which describes and classifies the behaviour of lovers. An inscription in Takri (a script used in the Punjab Hills) labels the heroine as 'she who lies dazed or stupefied'. On the back, Sanskrit verses from the Rasamanjari describe her motionless state and continue, 'there is no difference between her and a painting on canvas, unless the ripple of a thrill is awakened in her on hearing your name'. Here, the lovers are depicted as Radha and Krishna.

This series of paintings is one of the earliest painted in a distinctly Pahari ('Hill') manner. Iridescent green beetle wing-case fragments were used to represent jewels.