Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 88 on pp. 79-80, pp. 79 & 93, pl. 16 (colour) & p. 80
Rawson, Philip, Indian Painting (Paris: P. Tisné and New York: Universe Books, 1961), illus. 139
Ragini
Raga (feminine ragini) are musical modes, often represented by compositions of ladies, lovers, warriors, animals or gods, in series of Ragamala ('Garland of Ragas') paintings, a very popular artistic genre in north India and the Deccan c. 1500 - 1800.
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