A Thousand Words
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In the midst of millenarian chaos, the charismatic presence of Akbar – the perfect ruler
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As Jahangir contemplates a portrait of his father, a reversal of our ideas about dreams and reality
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In a miniature of Humayun and Akbar, time crumples to depict an entire world of learning
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In a resplendent portrait of a Mughal emperor, subtle clues about a dark fall
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In an 18th-century Pahari painting of Dasratha’s funeral, vast vistas of echoing emptiness