The women of India's courts and otherwise were painted as often as its kings. Some were royal, like Nur Jahan, whose name was struck on the empire's coins and who was known as a skilled tiger hunter. Many were not.

Across the courts and civilian life, painters showed these women reading, smoking the hookah, playing music, bantering, romancing and waiting on moonlit terraces, each with a life and mood of her own.

The Women of Hindustan Collection brings their elegance, wit and quiet power into your habitat.