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T for Taj Mahal

A magnificent marble Mughal monument for Mumtaz, often mistaken for a palace, but it is a tomb built as a tribute of Emperor Shah Jahan's love for his wife.

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2020-08-08

I was asleep. Then insomnia happened... Wanted to do a looser painting style and ended up with this. He doesn't have a name yet but here we are.

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2020-08-03

Elephants fighting signed Khurshid Banu, 1600. Women miniature artists are poorly documented, but they do exist, even within the Mughal royal family, as attested by this fine image now at the Ashmolean

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2020-07-15

Today On 6 July 1614 Raja Man Singh breathed his last.

He was a trusted general of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, who included him among the Navaratnas, of his court.

He build the Govinda Dev temple in Vrindavan, which was later sacked by Aurangzeb.

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2020-07-07

A powerful image from the Darabnamah commissioned for the Emperor 1580-85: Bahman, son of the hero Isfandiyar, and his horse are swallowed by a dragon

https://t.co/jHNPsviaHi

More here: https://t.co/ddWPOQnsg9

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2020-06-29

holds Parvat to shield the people of from the tyranny of From Puran; 1590, Lahore. At MetMuseum

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2020-06-28

cotton fabric of plain weave.
got its name from the city of Mosul,Iraq which the Europeans believed to be its place of origin
However,its origins were actually from

In 17th & 18th centuries,
 Bengal was the foremost muslin exporter in the world

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2020-06-21

Great new article up BOOKS WE SHOULD ALL BE READING TO BECOME BETTER BLACK ALLIES by Holly Mcloughlin Artist Zainab Mughal
https://t.co/uLenNqCGkP…/books-we-should-all-be-reading-to-…

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2020-06-19

Raja Rai Singh of Bikaner was a favourite of Akbar and a perfect Mughal courtier- a brave warrior, a writer of Sanskrit texts, and a patron of culture. 16th c ⁦⁩

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2020-06-18

"Study of a Nilgai (Blue Bull)", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album C 1620 by Mansur with inscription in Persian with name of artist & reign of Emperor https://t.co/xJtLbgqbAw

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2020-06-15

'A Lady with Flower & a Fly-whisk', c1630 now at
'The sensual rendition must be considered a personification of the period's ideal of beauty. The clinging transparent garments giving more than an intimation of sweetness...'

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2020-06-08

The best part of jewels - archer's thumb rings. Sometimes made of gold with gems, or jade only, but my favorite are made on jade base with rubies, emeralds (most common combo), and diamonds.
Here's a compilation of 17th-18th century rings for

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2020-06-06

In spite of their declining fortunes, the later Mughals continued to have equestrian portraits of themselves made, in the manner of their great ancestors. Here Shah Alam II rides a beautiful grey stallion. Collection of

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2020-06-05

Akbar had books read out to him.

Here is such an instance from a Mughal Painting.

Credits :

Source : https://t.co/bGOpneD04Q

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2020-05-28

'Rustam kills a Demon' (a unique way to kill Demons & get all the coins out of his pocket too!).
c1575 attributed to artist and now at USA.

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2020-05-22

The episode where 'One of Lord Servant overhears a Washerman quarreling with his Wife', leading to trial of
A folio from 1598 (#Ramayan).
By artist Daud, brother of an important master artist in Emperor atelier.

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2020-05-13

Five southern constellations: Hydra, Corvus, Centaurus with Lepus (appears here as a yellow long-tailed cat), and Lupus (shown here as a pink tiger); from a copy of Marvels of Things Created by al-Qazwīnī, produced in Mughal India, 17thC https://t.co/UyiSZg2CA5

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2020-05-08

A Nath Yogi with Two White Dogs, folio from the Salim Album
Albums
Mughal, c. 1600

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2020-05-01