Within the walls of a fine palace, the gods and demons of Hindu legend meet. The gods include Shiva who wears a tiger skin and holds a trident, Brahma who has four faces, and Indra, king of the demigods, who is dressed in yellow. Indra’s skin is covered in eyes, an affliction he was cursed with by the Sage Gautama as retribution for his desire for the sage’s wife Ahalya. The demons are recognisable by their bold colours, fangs and magnificent horns. The workshops of Guler in today’s Himachal Pradesh produced paintings of exceptional quality in delicate hues.