The Month of Asarh (June-July)
Illustration to a Barahmasa (or Cycle of the Months) Bundi, Rajasthan, c. 1750 Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay

In Hindi poetry, lovers were sometimes described against a background of the twelve months—each month suggesting a different kind of mood or behaviour. This picture portrays the beginning of the the rainy season which was associated in poetry with love in separation.