This charmingly illustrated manuscript is a rare example of Jain secular painting. The story is by the Jain Rajasthani poet Kushal Likh (c.1523-93), and is one of the best-known stories of northern India, that of the ill-fated but ultimately triumphant love of Dhola and Maru. The son and daughter of two kings, the two lovers are destined to be married to different spouses chosen by their fathers. The two elope, but Maru is bitten by a poisonous snake en route. A passing ascetic couple who turn out to be Shiva and Parvati revive the dead Maru.
Among the colourful scenes illustrated in the manuscript are the lovers consumating their love (f.10b), a double-page illustration of them fleeing on a camel pursued by horsemen (ff.12b-13a) and with their child and maidservants (f.28b).