Raga Darshan is a text written and completed between 1799-1804 in the Deccan region of southern India. This manuscript is an exposition on the modes of Indian music, with visual representations of each mode as a male Raga with between four and six female Raginis. The selection and sequence of Ragas and Raginis is according to the Hanuman system and the iconographic tradition of the images is that of Amber in Rajasthan. Other miniatures depict scenes at court. The text is followed by a commentary.

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