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This painting was made when Abu’l Hasan was still living in Mandu (before he was invited by Jehangir to the royal court) and uses gouache heightened with gold leaf on a fine woven cotton canvas

he did a bit of good too

an aged Aurangzeb riding a stallion and holding a spear under the golden radiance of a halo

Apart from being the Emperor who culled the arts and destroyed temples we also remember him as the son who imprisoned his father and mutilated his brother in a bloody struggle of succession

Govardan's painting of Akbar shows the Mughal emperors in old age

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