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Mohammed Abdur Rahman Chughtai - Hiraman Tota
Mohammed Abdur Rahman Chughtai from Lahore now in Pakistan, belonged to a family of traditional artists and architects, originally from Persia. He grew up with the language of the miniature tradition and this made him respond to the aesthetics of the ...

anonyme - Archery 1620 (detail)
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anonyme - Celebrations Of Krishna s Birth
Krishna, as is popularly believed, was born in the prison of Kamsa, the ruler of Mathura. Krishna was the eighth child of Devaki and Vasudeva. At the time of the marriage of Devaki, Kamsa’s sister, it was predicted that her eighth child would s ...

anonyme - Celebrations Of Krishna s Birth (detail 1)
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anonyme - Celebrations Of Krishna s Birth (detail 2)
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anonyme - Celebrations Of Krishna s Birth (detail 3)
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anonyme - Chand Bibi Playing Polo (detail)
In this miniature, five princesses are shown playing polo against a dark green background. The princesses are mounted on beautifully decorated stallions of white, blue, dark brown and pale yellow colours. The colourful costumes and bejeweled head dre ...

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