This book explores the practice of illustration in Bengali-language books that emerged in the nineteenth century. As time progressed and alongside advancements in printing technology, the methods of illustration also evolved. From wood engraving, lithography, and halftone to offset printing, and currently, digital media, newly invented techniques have consistently been adopted as mediums for illustration. The illustrator serves to forge an intimate bond between the reader and the author; through the artist's imagination, the characters depicted seem to spring to life in the eyes of the reader. With the publication of Valmiki’s Ramayana, or Krittibas’s Bengali adaptation in print, the necessity for illustration became apparent. Consequently, the Ramayana was enriched by the inclusion of engravings replete with artistic finesse. The transition of the epic’s printed illustrations, from monochrome to colour, has emerged as a central point of attraction for readers. In this volume, the Ramayana epic is revisited against the backdrop of the gradual evolution of printed illustrations throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.