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Mughal History, Rajasthani Miniature Paintings, Mughal Miniature Paintings, Indian Mythology, Rajasthani Art, Indian Handicrafts, Mughal Art, Miniature Paintings, Indian Inspired

Whether it was the aerial view of the city from the fort wall, scenes from the Indian mythology or a grand procession, the artists would paint the entire scene in its full grandeur in amazing detail and finesse on a small canvas, for the king to keep as a memory of the event. These were […]

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Mughal Miniature Paintings, Rajasthani Painting, Mughal Art Paintings, Rajasthani Art, Mughal Paintings, Indian Painting, Indian Folk Art, Eastern Art, Indian Paintings

Sitting this morning at summer’s window wondering what quirk of destiny’s unfolding led to the conviction of separation in a human mind How is it possible to so thoroughly believe in something (a solid independent ‘me’) that has never been able to be proven to exist? How is it possible to turn this phantom into a seeker who desperately desires to be free of itself and its stories? (huh?) How is it possible to avoid the in-your-face obvious and inescapable truth that the present presents with…

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Shah-Jahan’s father, Emperor Jahangir, granted his son the title Shah-Jahan (King of the World). Jahangir presents him with a turban ornament symbolising a transmission of power. Their heads are surrounded by shamsas to signify the ‘divine light’ emitted by kings. Jahangir presents Prince Khurram with a turban ornament (12 October 1617) 1656-57 Indian Miniatures, Painting Costume, Mughal Miniature Paintings, Mughal Emperor, Indian Miniature, Cane Baskets, Mughal Architecture, Mughal Art, Mughal Paintings

Padshahnamah fol. 195r (plate 39)Jahangir presents Shah-Jahan with a turban ornament in the Hall of Public Audience at Malwa, in Mandu, on 30 November 1617. A month after Emperor Jahangir awarded his son the title Shah-Jahan (‘King of the World’) in recognition of his military triumph in the Deccan, he gave him a jewel worn his grandfather Akbar that Jahangir had worn throughout his reign as a good luck charm. Here, the jewel, set into a plumed turban ornament, symbolising the future...

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