An artist in nineteenth century Delhi, Mazhar Ali Khan is best known for his topographical paintings for the Delhi Book, commissioned by Thomas Metcalfe, the company agent at the Mughal court.
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A Shaivite poet-saint from seventh century Tamil Nadu. He was one of the Nayanar poet-saints and is believed to have…
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Ismail Suleiman Khatri (b. 1937; d. 2014) was an Indian master practitioner of the Bagh printing tradition. Born in the…
An epithet used for the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, who lived sometime between the fourth to sixth century BCE.…
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Firuz Shah Tughlaq (b.1309; d.1388) was a Tughlaq dynasty ruler who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351–88 CE.…