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200 paintings, 274 folios—Why Abul Fazl’s ‘Akbarnama’ remains an unmatched document

MAP Academy - April 23, 2023

Unlike historical records such as the Baburnama, the Akbarnama was created during Akbar's lifetime, allowing creators to be eye-witnesses to his life.

What is Pachisi? Ancient Indian board game Mughal emperor Akbar enjoyed

MAP Academy - January 15, 2023

Meant to be played by two or four people, Pachisi is a cross and circle board game that originated in India. While the game...

Rahiman, the poet of people who built a tomb for his wife even before Taj Mahal existed

Debdutta Chakraborty - December 17, 2022

Rahim's dohe reveal only one aspect his complex personality. As a young man, he excelled on the battlefield and in the literary world.

Earliest Ramayana paintings were in Persian, commissioned by Mughal king Akbar

Konrad Seitz - December 3, 2022

In 'Origins of Orchha Painting', Konrad Seitz mentions how Akbar translated Ramayana and Mahabharata into Persian to spread awareness of Hindu culture.

Attempt to ‘Indianise’ Army is insulting. Don’t reduce it to just its colonial history

Manvendra Singh - September 22, 2022

After ‘Agniveer,' now another onslaught is being made on the Army's code with the review of customs, to align with a certain ‘national sentiment.’

Aibak, Akbar, Aurangzeb—the Gyanvapi divide & why a controversial mosque has a Sanskrit name

+TFP Shikha Salaria - May 19, 2022

Though the temple and mosque abut each other, their entry and exits differ. Their history is as complex as the ‘sacred landscape’ that is Varanasi.

End ‘Mughal-era slavery’, rename Tughlaq, Akbar road and other lanes: Delhi BJP chief to NDMC

Neelam Pandey - May 10, 2022

In letter to New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta demands these roads be renamed after Guru Gobind Singh, Maharana Pratap, Dr Kalam & Gen. Rawat.

Akbar’s Rajput wife was Harkha, not Jodha Bai. But chronicles say nothing about ‘love’

Parvati Sharma - April 30, 2022

In ‘Akbar of Hindustan’, Parvati Sharma writes that the fact of a Rajput bride entering the Mughal dynasty is remarkable perhaps only in retrospect.

ASI to remove plaques that state Maharana Pratap retreated from Haldi Ghati battle

PTI - July 15, 2021

MoS Arjun Ram Meghwal said orders have been issued to remove existing plaques and new ones will be put up with certified information.

Why Battle of Haldighati between Maharana Pratap and Akbar is controversial 445 years later

Unnati Sharma - June 14, 2021

Rajput organisations are demanding the removal of a plaque by ASI that states Maharana Pratap retreated in the Battle of Haldighati that took place on 18 June 1576.

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