Life at Court Art for India's Rulers, 16th-19th Centuries

B. N. Goswamy, Ainslie Thomas Embree, Vishakha N. Desai — 1985

This book deals with the secular tradition in India. It brings together courtly pictures with nonsectarian, nonliterary themes (hunts, harems, entertainment, and royal gatherings) made for the Hindu, Muslim, and British rulers of India. This exhibition takes place during the "Festival of India," a nationwide celebration of Indian culture in the United States.--From the foreword.