# Kausa Ragaputra of Malkos, from a Ragamala

- Date: c. 1750
- Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 18 x 14.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Paper: 22.4 x 18.7 cm (8 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Credit line: Gift of Natesan Galleries, Ltd., London
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.111)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2001.111/2001.111_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A courtly couple holding tame hunting birds projects a mood of romance and a connection with nature. The Pahari region of the northwest Himalayas was famous for its native hunting birds that were prized among the nobility throughout South Asia.

Kausa Ragaputra is also the name of a mode, or key, in classical Indian music. Improvised pieces of music played in this mode accord with the imagery. This painting is part of a set showing scenes associated with how a listener feels when hearing corresponding musical performances. The whole set is called a Ragamala, or “garland of melodies.”