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The Siege of Chitor (left side) from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar). Composition by Miskina, painting by Bhura, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, c1590-5. Following the disaster, the Mughal forces adopted a more patient approach, constructing covered ways to give protection as they moved closer to the for. This was eventually successful but the Mughals went on to massacre nearly 30,000 people. Akbar's chronicle said that this was because the inhabitants had resisted rather than surrendered.
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Title:
The Siege of Chitor (left side) from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar). Composition by Miskina, painting by Bhura, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, c1590-5. Following the disaster, the Mughal forces adopted a more patient approach, constructing covered ways to give protection as they moved closer to the for. This was eventually successful but the Mughals went on to massacre nearly 30,000 people. Akbar's chronicle said that this was because the inhabitants had resisted rather than surrendered.
Caption:
The Siege of Chitor (left side) from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar). Composition by Miskina, painting by Bhura, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, c1590-5.
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Album / Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group
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Image size:
3500 x 6071 px | 60.8 MB
Print size:
29.6 x 51.4 cm | 11.7 x 20.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • AKBAR • AKBARNAMA • ART AND CRAFT • BHURA • BOOK OF AKBAR • BUILDING EXTERIOR • CHEVALIER • CHITOR • CITY WALLS • CONFLICT • CONFRONTATION • DAY • EQUUS CABALLUS • FIGHTING • FORTIFIED WALL • FORTIFIED WALLS • GENTLEMAN • GENTLEMEN • GROUP OF ANIMALS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HORSE • HORSEBACK RIDING • HORSEMAN • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • HUNT • HUNTING • ILLUSTRATION AND PAINTING • INDIAN CULTURE • KNIGHT • KNIGHTS • LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE • MISKINA • MOGHUL • MUGHAL • ONLY MEN • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • PALACE • PAST, THE • RIDER • SIEGE • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • WALL • WAR • WARFARE • WARS • WATERCOLOR • WATERCOLOUR • WILDLIFE
