The painting depicts a woman playing chaupar or pachisi, a traditional indian game of dice, with a man. both are seated on a C.rpet, looking at the game, resting against bolsters. she wears characteristic ornaments studded with emeralds (beetle wings) and pearls (white dots), on a diaphanous peshwaj, with colourful broC.de trousers, while the man wears an ornamental turban, a white jama and a sash around his waist. the sophistiC.tion of the work C.n be seen in the absence of excessive ornamentation, a subdued colour pallette and the depiction of movement. the ragamala refers to a series of works that aimed to depict the mood evoked by different ragas—or melodies—of indian classiC.l music.