The Splendour that was ʾInd: A Survey of Indian Culture and Civilisation (from the Earliest Times to the Death of Emperor Aurangzeb)D. B. Taraporevala, 1930 - 236 pages |
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Page 70
... Persian immigrant , Nur Jahan was abandoned at birth in a desert by her parents ; but fate had destined her for higher things . She was saved and returned to her parents . Her father obtained honourable employment under Akbar . The ...
... Persian immigrant , Nur Jahan was abandoned at birth in a desert by her parents ; but fate had destined her for higher things . She was saved and returned to her parents . Her father obtained honourable employment under Akbar . The ...
Page 132
... Persian to his court . He himself disdained not to take lessons from the great masters ; and was enthusiastic enough to found and endow a State School of Art , worked under his own personal direction and control . The Persian fore ...
... Persian to his court . He himself disdained not to take lessons from the great masters ; and was enthusiastic enough to found and endow a State School of Art , worked under his own personal direction and control . The Persian fore ...
Page 191
... Persian Empire is said to have been exchanged by weight with gold " , cannot quite be regarded as a native industry of India . The art of silk - weaving may have been naturalised in this country for centuries before the rise of the ...
... Persian Empire is said to have been exchanged by weight with gold " , cannot quite be regarded as a native industry of India . The art of silk - weaving may have been naturalised in this country for centuries before the rise of the ...
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