Although un-subcontintental in colour tones, the Cartes Indiennes recall the nobles and attendants of South Asian painting, most famously Mughal miniatures.
Amid the Raza Library’s collection are paintings depicting a variety of carnal encounters that have never been reproduced in any book on Indian painting.
Through 500-odd paintings, Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib serves as a public index of political shifts, artistic currents and local history across 350 years.