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In this Substack post, I reflect on Akbar the Great. His son buried him at Sikandra, Agra, but his remains are no longer there.

https://rajivchopra.substack.com/p/sikandra-meditations-on-a-great-king

Please read my post, and learn my perspectives on this grand king. Comment, share and subscribe!

#mughals #india ##travels

Did I post this before? This post is about an old trip to Fatehpur Sikri, Emperor Akbar's capital for 15 years.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rajivchopra/p/an-old-trip-to-fatehpur-sikri?r=eq92&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

https://rajivchopra.substack.com/p/an-old-trip-to-fatehpur-sikri

No one knows why his attempt to shift his capital failed. Read on.
#travelphotography #travels #carjourneys #mughals #indianhistory

Lord #Krishna in Combat with Lord Indra

c1590 #IndianMiniaturePainting from the atelier of #Mughal ruler #Akbar now on display at Victoria and Albert #Museum exhibition: "The Great #Mughals: Arts Architecture & Opulence" till 5th May 2025

Inspired by European #Art, this painting of a dramatic combat is from a dispersed 'Harivamsa'

#London #Museums #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Hinduism #Religion #India #Paintings #MastoArt #Histodons #History #Heritage #artoftheday #ArtHistory #Painting

'Mythical Beasts with #Elephants'.

c1610 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting in #NimQalam (Pen Drawing Art style where elements are supplemented by pale colours) from #Mughal ruler #Jahangir's atelier at #Agra now on view at Victoria and Albert #Museum #London exhibition: "The Great #Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence" till 5th May.

#MastoArt #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Histodons #IndianHistory #Paintings #MughalArt #MughalPainting #Museums #Painting #MughalEmpire #India

More than the episode itself, I sense the patriarchal mindset of the painter.

The depiction of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya being crushed under Akbar's elephant is troubling. The real issue? Hemu's women are portrayed as timid, feeble, and weak, at just 30-40% of a man's size. This artwork reflects a disturbing mindset from both the painter and their patron. #mughals

Salar
https://buff.ly/3F20q32
#mughals #history @Naveedaslam

#SufiThursday

A Gathering of #Dervishes

c1600 CE #MughalArt from #Delhi or #Agra from the Ashmolean #Museum (UK) collection now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of #Art (USA) exhibition 'Indian Skies : The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court #Paintings' on till the 9th June 2024.

#TheMet #Museums #IndianHistory #Mughals #IndianHertitage #MastoArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #Painting #Artist #Histodons #Religion #Islam #Sufi #Dervish #History #Heritage #MughalIndia #Mughal #MughalEmpire

The remarkable career of Babur began during the month of Ramadan (1494), when he inherited the Timurid appanage of Fergana at the tender age of 12.

A map of Timurid Ferghana & its surrounding Timurid & Mongol neighbours at the time of Babur's accession.

Via : Timurid-Mughal Archives

#History #Map #Timurids #Mughals

The daughter, sister, and aunt of emperors, Gulbadan Begum wrote of a Mughal Empire few witnessed.#history #travel #travelwriting #empire #mughals #kickasswomen #womenshistory #women #section-Articles
The Itinerant Princess Who Chronicled Akbar’s Mughal Empire

Full Text: Christophe Jaffrelot on India's Spiral Into a 'De-Facto Deeper State'

In an hour-long interview, the academic notes how under Modi India has become 'a landscape of very worrying divisions.'

#interview #ChristopheJaffrelot #communalism #BJP #hindutva #GautamAdani #AdaniGroup #unemployment #CommunalViolence #gujarat #HinduNationalism #SupremeCourt #adani #modi #RamTemple #mughals #india

https://thewire.in/politics/full-text-christophe-jaffrelot-on-indias-spiral-into-a-de-facto-deeper-state

Indians: The Mughals and Bernier

Scholars routinely critique the Mughal Empire’s record on many fronts, but the Mughals have lately also attracted much cultural vilification, especially from Hindu nationalists. They allege that the Mughals persecuted and forcibly converted Hindus to Islam on a large scale, and indiscriminately desecrated tens of thousands of temples. Is that true?

#anthropology #archaeology #history #IndianHistory #histodon #mughals #MughalEmpire #FrancoisBernier #hindutva #india #books #bookstodon #NamitArora

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ5R33p67RA

VHP Moves Calcutta High Court Over Lioness Named 'Sita' Being Housed With Lion Named 'Akbar' At Siliguri Safari Park

The Bengal wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has moved the Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri, challenging the forest department's move to allegedly keep a lion named 'Akbar' with a lioness named 'Sita' in the same enclosure at Siliguri's Safari park.

#WestBengal #siliguri #VHP #hindutva #communalism #CalcuttaHC #mughals #akbar #IndianHistory #history #histodon #india

https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/calcutta-high-court/vhp-moves-calcutta-high-courts-jalpaiguri-circuit-bench-over-lioness-named-sita-being-housed-with-lion-named-akbar-at-siliguri-safari-park-249761

Watch: 'Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan Gave Many Grants to Temples and Sants'

In conversation with Dr Ruchika Sharma, who uses Youtube and X to counter misleading historical narratives.

#mughals #TipuSultan #IndianHistory #history #histodon #hindutva #DrRuchikaSharma #IndianTemples #india

https://thewire.in/history/watch-aurangzeb-and-tipu-sultan-gave-many-grants-to-temples-and-sants

Did Islam Become More Syncretic in India? An Interview With William Dalrymple

Can anyone talk of the land donated by Mughal emperors for temples, of them celebrating Holi and performing in Ram Leela, or the translations of Sanskrit classics into Persian, and the succession of marriages with Hindu wives?

To unravel the fascinating syncretic history of Muslim rule and Islam in India at the time, noted historian and chronicler William Darlymple talks to Vrinda Gopinath.

#IndianHistory #WilliamDalrymple #mughals #islam #syncretism #hinduism #histodon #bookstodon #history #india

https://thewire.in/history/did-islam-become-more-syncretic-in-india-an-interview-with-william-dalrymple

Fascinating!

The #WhatsAppUniversity (used in #India to describe people's educational background who peddle fake news or give incredible information) does throw up such interesting #Memes which enrich my day.

Like this one on the #Mughal ruler #Babur

Hats off to the person who does such mind blowing research.

#Humour #History #Joke #Mughals #Pun

A small, gem-like and exquisite c1617-18 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting of the infant #Mughal prince Shah Shuja by one of the greatest Mughal #Artists, Abu'l Hasan, from the Edith & Cary Welch collection sold by Sothebys for £585,000.

Single-figure portraits of infant princes are a relative rarity in Mughal paintings.

#IndianHistory #India #MughalEmpire #MughalArt #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Paintings #Heritage #MastoArt #Painting #Childhood #Mughals #Children #ArtOfTheDay #Artist

c1710 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Udaipur #Mewar #Rajasthan of the #Mughal ruler Shah Alam Bahadur, also known as Bahadur Shah 1, (who ruled from #Delhi during 1707-12) with four of his sons, sold by Sotheby's in June 2021 for £60,000.