This survey at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts gathers a range of dazzling objects to show how the empire developed a ...

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A dagger with a jewel-covered gold hilt and scabbard is a highlight of an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. By Susanne Fowler Reporting from London A rare red spinel inscribed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shah Jahan as the King of the World by Bichitr, c.1628 to 1630 (Chester Beatty, Dublin) One of the most charming images in this ...

Director's foreword -- Preface / Susan Stronge -- Introduction / Rajeev Kinra -- The reign of Akbar (r. 1556-1605) Tje reign of Akbar: the creation of a new art / Susan Stronge -- The bronze and ...

The first Mughal emperor, Babur, wrested power from the Lodi dynasty in 1526 and wrote one of the world’s outstanding memoirs; the second, Humayun, rallied from defeat and exile to restore Mughal ...

Romance, bloodshed and religious curiosity is distilled in these lovely artefacts from the mighty military reign with a love of beauty and culture This exhibition wafts you to the paradise that Shah ...

The V&A’s Great Mughals shines a light on a cultured and enlightened reign over India and south Asia that still wields influence today. Take a close look at some of the remarkable artefacts of that ...

The Giant Zumurrud Shah flees with his army by flying away on urns sent by sorcerers, Folio from the Hamza-Nama c. 1562-1577 - MAK/Georg Mayer Emeralds the size of eyeballs. Gold daggers set with ...

India's history is filled with the grand legacies of powerful dynasties, yet their descendants often face harsh realities today. Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of Bahadur Shah Zafar, ...

What explains the art market? How can we make sense of rich and powerful people spending so much surplus cash on small, portable things endowed with intangible values that even art critics struggle to ...