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Bronze image of Śiva as Nataraja, Pala dynasty (*c.*750–1161). Śiva temple, Śri AmirthakadeŚvara, Mela Kadambur, South Arcot, Chidambaram. Seized from Bengal by Rajendra Chola, *c.*1022.
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(Above): Silver coin of Ajaya Raja II Chauhan (r. *c.*1110–35)
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Warangal fort: interior of Tughluq audience hall, the so-called ‘Khush Mahal’ (1323)
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Vijayanagara (modern Hampi): northern gateway to the Virupaksha Temple (established twelfth century)
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Emperor Timur (d. 1405) enthroned. Pen and wash in Indian ink on Japanese paper, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–69)
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Bidar: the madrasa of Mahmud Gawan (completed 1472)
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Shahr-i Sabz, Uzbekistan: the Aq Saray, palace of Timur (completed 1396)
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Yadgir: wrought-iron cannon on a hill in the centre of the fort (late 1550s)
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Calicut: Mishkal Mosque (said to date to the fourteenth century, subsequently renovated)
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Raichur: Krishna Raya with female attendants, depicted on a frieze in the Naurangi Darwaza’s inner courtyard (1520)
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Detail of Surjan Singh submitting to Akbar, from a painting by Mukund in the Akbar-nama (c.1595)
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Vrindavan: interior of the Govinda Deva Temple (completed 1590)
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Nur Jahan loading a musket. Painting attributed to Abu’l-Hasan (1620)
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Jahangir taking aim at the head of Malik Ambar. Painted by Abu’l-Hasan (1616)
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Amritsar: Harmandir, or Golden Temple (1589)
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Jahangir conversing with Jadrup. Painted by Govardhan (c.1616–20)
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Prince Aurangzeb attacking a raging elephant. Painting in the Padshah-nama (1633)
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Lahore: Badshahi Mosque (1671–73)
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Shah Jahan enthroned, with his son Dara Shukoh. Watercolour and gold on paper, by Govardhan (c.1630–40)
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Prince Aurangzeb, probably painted while governor of the Deccan (1653–57)
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Kolhapur, Kavala Naka Square: equestrian statue of Tarabai (erected 1981)