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This illustrated book of history animates the lives and times of Mughal emperors
Scroll· 2 days agoBy this time, most of the palaces Shah Jahan had carefully built long ago were rundown; a visitor in 1824 reported seeing dirty floors, blocked water channels, broken furniture covered in pigeon ...
Insults are an instrument of politics—a means to cut rivals down to size
Livemint· 4 days agoBefore the episode with Husain, he welcomed another sultan’s envoy, arranging for an acrobatic performance in the man’s honour. In 18th century Delhi, to cite another example, Shah Alam, the ...