Ragamala Paintings are a series of illustrative paintings from medieval India based on Ragamala or the 'Garland of Ragas'; depicting various Indian musical nodes; Ragas. They stand as a classical example of the amalgamation of art; poetry and classical music in medieval India. Ragamala paintings were created in most schools of Indian painting; starting in the 16th and 17th centuries and are today named accordingly; as Pahari Ragamala; Rajasthan or Rajput Ragamala; Deccan Ragamala; and Mughal Ragamala.