# Maru Ragini, from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)

- Date: 1650–80
- Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 26 x 17.6 cm (10 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber or Southwestern India, Deccan
- Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.168)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2018.168/2018.168_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 Rajput warrior holding a spear, with piercing dagger (katar) and sword attached to his belt, stands alone with his camel in a landscape. They have arrived at the banks of a stream, verdant in contrast to the intense hot yellow of the ground behind them. The musical mode associated with this painting is based on folk melodies of Rajasthan, where local stories feature a hero with a camel mount.