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Bengal Indigo Factory
An illustration of a 19th-century indigo factory in Bengal, India. (From William Simpson's 'India: Ancient and Modern').
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Tomb of Roshanara Begum
The tomb of the Mughal princess Roshanara Begum (1617-71), daughter of Queen Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631) and Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658), emperor of the Mughal Empire. Delhi, India.
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Jahanara Begum
A 1632 portrait of Jahanara Begum (1614-81), daughter of Queen Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631) and Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658), emperor of the Mughal Empire. (British Library, London)
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Mumtaz Mahal
A 19th-century illustration showing a seated Queen Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631), wife of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658), emperor of the Mughal Empire. Shah Jahan famously built the Taj Mahal for Mumtaz Mahal.
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Mughal Coin of Nur Jahan
Silver Mughal coin bearing the name of Queen Nur Jahan (c. 1577-1645), wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627).
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Portrait of Nur Jahan
A c. 1725 idealised portrait of Queen Nur Jahan (c. 1577-1645), wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
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Boreas & Oreithyia
Rape of Oreithyia by Boreas. Detail from an Apulian red-figure oenochoe, ca. 360 BCE.
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The Rape of Orithyia by Boreas by Peter Paul Rubens
The Rape of Orithyia by Boreas (1620) by Peter Paul Rubens.
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Indian Princely States Postage Stamps
Four examples of British India postage stamps issued with overprints for use in particular Indian princely states. Top left: Queen Victoria, Gwalior, 1904 Top right: Queen Victoria, Patiala, 1895 Bottom left: King George V, Jind State...
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Committee of Surveillance during the French Revolution
Committee of Surveillance, tasked with unmasking and arresting local "suspects" during the Reign of Terror. Engraving by Jean-Baptiste Huet, c. 1793-94.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.
