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Miniature of a Mughal Prince
Miniature of a Mughal Prince
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2010
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Podcast episode
Description
This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is looking at the co-existence of faiths - peaceful or otherwise - across the globe around 400 years ago. Today he is in one of the great Islamic empires of the 16th and 17th centuries - in Mughal India. He tells the story of the Mughal rulers and their relationship with Hindu India through a miniature painting (dated around 1610) that shows an encounter between a noble man and a holy man. Neil describes an early mood of religious tolerance and the development of this exquisite art form. Asok Kumar Das discusses the function of miniature painting in India and the historian Aman Nath reflects on encounters between holy men and men of political power throughout Indian history.
Producer: Anthony Denselow.
Producer: Anthony Denselow.
Released:
Sep 28, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
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