Home Ancient Medieval Modern Cronology The Muslim Conquest and the Delhi Sultanate Advent of the Muslims The Slave Dynasty and consolidation of Muslim power in Northern India The Khaljis and... Read more
In the illustrative paintings to Amir Hamzah, done by Sayyid ‘Ali and ‘Abdus Samad between A.D. 1550 and A.D. 1560, the Sino-Persian influence was still predominant. But in 1562,... Read more
The number of buildings erected during Jahangir’s reign was poor as compared with the architectural record of his father, but two structures of his time are of exceptional interest and... Read more
Art and Architecture Architecture As in literature and religion, so in art and architecture, the Mughul period was not entirely an age of innovation and renaissance, but of a continuation an... Read more
The peace and order secured by Akbar, and the cosmopolitan ideas of the religious movements of the period, preached by a band of saintly teachers in a language “understanded of the peo... Read more
Prompted by his policy of religious toleration, Akbar arranged in later years for the education of Hindus in madaras. Jahangir, possessed of some literary taste and well-read in Persian as w... Read more
