Culture

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

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The son of the king of Babylon sees the ...

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Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of t...

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Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from th...

Mir Sayyid Ali

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Hunting with falcons in a landscape (rec...

Abd al-Samad

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Hunting with falcons in a landscape; ver...

Abd al-Samad

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The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu...

Basavana

Sur Das Gujarati

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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beg...

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The merchant’s daughter meets the garden...

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A mendicant bowing before a holy man, fr...

Basavana

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Khujasta kills the pet mynah who advises...

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The street cleaner, on his way to meet K...

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The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu...

Basavana

Sur Das

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The emir slays the snake after giving it...

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The merchant’s daughter encounters a wol...

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The Brahman gives an account of his fall...

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The daughter of the merchant of Mazander...

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The snake enters into an argument with t...

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Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

Basavana

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The magician disguised as a Brahman retu...

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Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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The goldsmith and the carpenter inform t...

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The monk returns the magic parrot to its...

Lalu

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The magician, disguised as a Brahman, vi...

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The wife of the son of the vizier brings...

Lalu

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Calligraphy

Basavana

Sur Das

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Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the...

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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beg...

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Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, ...

Dharam Das

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The origin of music from a fabulous bird...

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A Royal Picnic on a Terrace

Muhammad Ali

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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beg...

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The parrot mother cautions her young on ...

Dasavanta

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Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afgha...

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The monkey slain, his blood to be used a...

Basawan​

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The hunter throws away the baby parrots,...

Basavana

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The hunter offers the mother parrot to t...

Basavana

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The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ord...

Ghulam 'Ali

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The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilis...

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The wolf and the jackal, serving as vizi...

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The suitors take the devotee’s daughter ...

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A woman with two children, having abando...

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The monkey advises the suspicious lion t...

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The daughter of the king of the jinns bo...

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The rejuvenated old man and the daughter...

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Timur distributes gifts from his grandso...

Shravana

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Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salut...

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The dervish brings the King of Kings bef...

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The lion returns to his territory and se...

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The soldier receives a garland of roses ...

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The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals h...

Basavana

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The young prince is crowned and the wick...

Suraju

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King Bhojaraja tries in vain to ascertai...

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The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaith...

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Preparation for the marriage of Mahmuda ...

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The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of...

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The creatures of the sea are asked by th...

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The prince, having deprived the snake of...