The Romance of Mughal Jade

Would you like to take home a piece of the Taj Mahal? You can’t do exactly that, of course, but you can come close. The legacy of marble inlay work lives on in Agra, in products that replicate the art of the Taj

Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s tomb in Lahore, considered a gem of Mughal architecture, is famous for its exquisite marble inlay work or ‘Parchin Kari’. And yet it is dwarfed by its more famous counterparts like the Taj Mahal and Humayun’s tomb. Catch the story here.

#DidYouKnow that in Old Delhi, there are #temples topped by ‘Mughal style’ domes and a #Mughal samadhi built for a #Hindu saint? Writers Rana Safvi and Sam Dalrymple name their top 10 temples in Shahjahanabad. Read and be wowed!

In Mughal times, hunting was so much more than just sport or even a declaration of valour. Read about the Imperial Hunt, a clever cheetah who was ‘promoted’, and an Empress who revelled in this heady addiction

Once an opulent city of high culture under the Mughals, Sirhind in Punjab fell to ruin due to an act of horrific brutality. Catch the story of a grand town that the Sikhs will forever consider cursed

A picturesque Himalayan hamlet today, Basgo in the Leh district of Ladakh was once a battlefield that saw powerful forces pitted against each other. Echoes of this clash 450 yrs ago, are still heard in modern-day politics between India and China.

Did you know that the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt was a big collector of Mughal curios. He even did a series of portraits of Mughal rulers like Jehangir and Shah Jahan who were his contemporaries!

Legendary poets of Brajbhasha were nurtured at Mughal Courts

Mysterious, mystical and imperial… these are attributes that make jade the highly coveted stone that it is. But the Mughals treasured it for another, more sentimental, reason. Find out where you can view some of India’s best jade collections.

A story of why the most powerful men in the Mughal empire proudly displayed the insignia of the Rohu fish - the honor of Mahi Maratib.

Did you know that Mughal Emperor Akbar commissioned one of the earliest churches in North India?

Would you like to take home a piece of the Taj Mahal? You can’t do exactly that, of course, but you can come close. The legacy of marble inlay work lives on in Agra, in products that replicate the art of the Taj

Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s tomb in Lahore, considered a gem of Mughal architecture, is famous for its exquisite marble inlay work or ‘Parchin Kari’. And yet it is dwarfed by its more famous counterparts like the Taj Mahal and Humayun’s tomb. Catch the story here.

#DidYouKnow that in Old Delhi, there are #temples topped by ‘Mughal style’ domes and a #Mughal samadhi built for a #Hindu saint? Writers Rana Safvi and Sam Dalrymple name their top 10 temples in Shahjahanabad. Read and be wowed!

In Mughal times, hunting was so much more than just sport or even a declaration of valour. Read about the Imperial Hunt, a clever cheetah who was ‘promoted’, and an Empress who revelled in this heady addiction

Once an opulent city of high culture under the Mughals, Sirhind in Punjab fell to ruin due to an act of horrific brutality. Catch the story of a grand town that the Sikhs will forever consider cursed

A picturesque Himalayan hamlet today, Basgo in the Leh district of Ladakh was once a battlefield that saw powerful forces pitted against each other. Echoes of this clash 450 yrs ago, are still heard in modern-day politics between India and China.

Did you know that the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt was a big collector of Mughal curios. He even did a series of portraits of Mughal rulers like Jehangir and Shah Jahan who were his contemporaries!

Legendary poets of Brajbhasha were nurtured at Mughal Courts

Mysterious, mystical and imperial… these are attributes that make jade the highly coveted stone that it is. But the Mughals treasured it for another, more sentimental, reason. Find out where you can view some of India’s best jade collections.

A story of why the most powerful men in the Mughal empire proudly displayed the insignia of the Rohu fish - the honor of Mahi Maratib.

Did you know that Mughal Emperor Akbar commissioned one of the earliest churches in North India?