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  1. See the inspiration for the Taj Mahal: Humayun's Tomb. Our guide covers its stunning Mughal architecture, history, and the best time to visit this peaceful #Delhi landmark. #HumayunTomb #DelhiHistory #Mughal #India Tomb/ backpackandsnorkel.com/India/H

  2. Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah

    c 1660 #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Golconda #Deccan from the coln. of Mary & Cheney Cowles sold by Christies for £292,100.

    In 1636, #ShahJahan invaded Deccan & forced upon the Sultan the 'Deed of Submission' which included an increase in Tribute & replacement of #Shia with #Suni #Religion.
    This led the local #Artists to incorporate #Mughal styles in their #Paintings as seen in this case.

    #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Art #IndianHeritage #History #Histodons #MastoArt

  3. This striking & absorptive c1600 ce #IndianMiniaturePainting is one of the few 16-17th century #Mughal examples of 'The Virgin Mary Standing in a Prayer'.

    From the Mary & Cheney Cowles collection, this painting fetched £152,400 at the Christies Inc. auction on the 28th April, 2026.

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #History #Heritage #Religion #Christanity #Histodons #MastoArt #Painting #MughalArt #MughalEmpire

  4. 'The Great Snake Advanced / Akbar Emerged Victorious'

    An illustration from the first #Akbarnama

    This c1590 CE painting of the #Mughal ruler #Akbar subduing a Cobra was auctioned by Christie's on 28th April, 2026 for £107,950.

    #IndianMiniaturePainting #arthistory #art #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #MughalArt #Paintings #Snake #Reptiles #Histodons #MastoArt

  5. Not #Zhongnanhai Garden but in this c1650 ca #Mughal painting 'A Prince Seated on a Rock in a Garden, Reading a Book, is Approached by a Holy Man'

    From the collection of the 14th Duke of Fragnito on the Bonhams sale of May 21.

    Estimated: £30,000-50,000.

    #IndianHeritage #Art #History #IndianMiniaturePainting #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Painting #MughalArt #MastoArt #Histodons #Heritage

  6. 'The Angel Raphael Greeting Tobias'.

    This c1600 CE hitherto unpublished #MughalArt from the atelier of the #Mughal emperor #Akbar and presently from the collection of Mary & Cheney Cowles was sold by Christie's on April 28, 2026 (yesterday) for £254,000 against an estimated £50,000.

    #IndianMiniaturePainting #IndianHeritage #Art #Painting #ArtHistory #Heritage #IndianHistory #ArtOfTheDay #History #Histodons #MastoArt

  7. In case the #Ceasefire agreement between #USA & #Iran at #Islamabad fails tomorrow, an 'Archer Inspects his Arrow' to prepare him for the next step in this c1610 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Mary & Cheney Coles collection to be sold by Christies Inc. on April 28, 2026

    #TrumpsWars #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #ArtHistory #Art #Painting #IndianHistory #India #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons #IranWar

  8. A Courtier Reads the #Ceasefire agreement between #USA #Israel & #Iran in this 1608 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting ascribed to the #Mughal #Artist #Manohar from the Mary & Cheney Coles collection to be auctioned by Christie's on April 28,2026 (estimate £80,000-120,000)

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #History #Art #IndianHistory #Paintings #MughalArt #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons

  9. c1715 AD unpublished #IndianMiniaturePainting of the #Mughal ruler #Farrukhsiyar, (r.1713-19) by #Artist Kalyan Das (#Chitarman II ) is on Sotheby's sale today, March 24, 2026 (est. £8000-12,000).

    This rare #Painting by Chitarman, mostly associated with Farrukhsiyar, represents an important bridge between classical 17th cent. Mughal painting traditions & evolving 18th cent. painting styles.

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons

  10. 'Battle of the Kites'

    c1760 CE exceptional #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting (style of Muhammad Faqirullah Khan) from #Farrukhabad #India from the personal collection of Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan sold by Christie's on Oct 28, 2025 for £165,100

    #MakarSankranti

    #IndianHeritage #History #ArtHistory #Paintings #Art #Heritage #IndianHistory #Festival #Entertainment #KiteFestival #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt

  11. #HappyChristmas

    This c1750 CE #MughalArt from #Agra #India now at British Library (London) depicts a scene from the Nativity

    The Virgin Mary is seen holding the infant #Jesus in a #Christian theme blending with the local Indian styles of the #Mughal grandeur

    #MerryChristmas to all those celebrating today

    #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #History #IndianMiniaturePainting #IndianHistory #artoftheday #Heritage #Art #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons #Religion #Christanity #Celebration #JesusChrist

  12. A Family of Cheetahs in a Rocky Landscape'

    This c1575 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting attributed to Basawan, a favourite #Artist of emperor #Akbar at #Agra from the collection of Prince & Princess Sarudin Aga Khan was sold by Christies on October 28 for a mind-blowing £10,245,000!

    This evocative & highly expressed naturalism is a breathtaking #Painting & one of the most outstanding & unforgettable early #MughalArt

    #ArtHistory #MastoArt #Histodons #IndianHeritage #History #IndianHistory

  13. A splendid c1618 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting of Gujarati minor Rulers Rao Bharah & Jassa Ram now at Victoria and Albert #Museum London

    When #Jahangirnama (Memoirs of the Mughal ruler #Jahangir) was being made, the #Mughal court was in #Ahmedabad giving #Artist #Bishandas the only opportunity (this was the only time he travelled outside his province) to study these two minor Rulers of #Gujarat!

    #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #Art #Histodons #MastoArt #Paintings

  14. So, what we saw was that the recent #IndiaPakistanConflict was mainly intense during the nights

    Which brings me to this c1750 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Awadh #India on the forthcoming Bonhams sale of 22nd May, 2025

    'A Prince Defending a Maiden and a group of terrified Sadhus from a group of Hunters, perhaps Bhils, who approach a hermitage at night'

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Painting #History #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodons

  15. The Crucifixion of #JesusChrist

    This c1590 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from the 'Small Clive Album' associated with Robert Clive, the 1st Baron of Plassey (1725-1774) was made for the #Mughal ruler #Jahangir while he was still a Prince living at #Lahore

    This fabulous & high quality #Painting is now in the collection of Victoria and Albert #Museum London

    #GoodFriday #goodfriday2025

    #Art #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Heritage #History #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons #MughalArt

  16. 'A Prince Drinks Water Drawn from a Well by Village Maidens'
    On #WorldWaterDay (March 22)

    c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh sold by Sothebys on March 20 for $ 9525

    Another good news as summers approach: #Mangoes on the tree are almost ripe for harvesting!

    #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Art #History #Heritage #WaterDay #Mango #Entertainment #IndianHistory #MughalArt #Painting #SummerVibes #SummerTime #ArtOfTheDay #Histodons #MastoArt

  17. Here in #London today.

    Listening to William Dalrymple's Empire Podcast: 'Zebras & Zodiacs: #Jahangir & #Mughal Art Revolution'
    & Visiting Victoria & Albert #Museum exhibition 'The Great Mughals: #Art Architecture and Opulence' to view this c1620 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting by artist #UstadMansur of a Zebra presented to Jahangir by Mir Jafar who acquired this from the Turkish traders visiting #India

    #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #History #Paintings #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons

  18. 'Mythical Beasts with #Elephants'.

    c1610 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting in #NimQalam (Pen Drawing Art style where elements are supplemented by pale colours) from #Mughal ruler #Jahangir's atelier at #Agra now on view at Victoria and Albert #Museum #London exhibition: "The Great #Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence" till 5th May.

    #MastoArt #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Histodons #IndianHistory #Paintings #MughalArt #MughalPainting #Museums #Painting #MughalEmpire #India

  19. An exhibition on the extraordinary creative output of the Golden Age of the #Mughal Court from the reigns of #Akbar #Jahangir & #ShahJahan (1556-1605 AD) is on at Victoria & Albert #Museum #London till May5, 2025

    One of the items on display here is this c1600 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting of a 'Portrait of a European' from #Agra #India

    #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Art #artoftheday #IndianHistory #Heritage #History #Museums #Painting #MughalHistory #MughalArt #MughalEmpire #MastoArt #Histodons

  20. A Princess with Attendants Picnicking in Open as the #Delhi weather improves

    c1750 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh from the Davis Album now at the Metropolitan #Museum of #Art

    Theodore Davis was an American lawyer & businessman best known for excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings between 1902 & 1913. His collection was bequeathed to #TheMet upon his death in 1913

    #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #History #Heritage #MastoArt #Histodons #Entertainment

  21. Courtly Ladies (12) & a Child Gather at a Fountain in a Lush Landscape in this c1770 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Farrukhabad #Awadh #India now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art USA
    #TheMet

    A Tree with Ripened #Mango Fruit (the King of Fruits) can be seen on the right

    #IndianHeritage #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Histodons #Painting #Heritage #History #ArtHistory #Artist #artoftheday #Paintings #Entertainment #LeisureTime

  22. An unusual 18th century #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Agra falsely attributed to #Mughal #Artist Dalchand of "Emperor #Jahangir (ruled 1605-1627 CE) with a Peri (Fairy) & a Mallard"

    Now at Indian #Museum #Calcutta (#Kolkata) #Bengal #India

    Dalchand was a #Rajput artist of the #Kishangarh #Rajasthan School of #Art & may have trained at #Lahore before moving to #Delhi in 1707 CE

    #IndianHistory #ArtHistory #artoftheday #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons

  23. A Noblewoman Seated on a Terrace Listening to #Music

    This c1730 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Delhi is on Bonhams sale of May 21, 2024

    This #MughalArt #Painting is originally from an Album put together in #Lucknow #Awadh #India in the 1780s & was in collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) who amassed the largest collection of manuscript material in the 19th century

    #Artist #IndianHeritage #Histodons #IndianHistory #History #Heritage #Art #MastoArt #Paintings

  24. So, it rained in #Delhi #NewDelhi again.
    April & May are usually dry months up in the North of #India
    Effects of #ClimaticChange ?

    This Important c1740 AD #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting by #Artist Nidha Mal was sold by Sothebys
    #Mughal emperor #Jahangir's Wife #NurJahan & Mumtaz Begum Smoking a #Huqqa & Admiring #DelhiWeather from the Terrace of a Palace, with #QutubMinar Visible in Distant.

    #Art #IndianHistory #IndianHertitage #MastoArt #Histodons #Paintings #History #Heritage #Hookah

  25. Moon Sighting at the end of #Ramadan   

    "Hilal-i-Eid bar auj-i-falak huwaida shud".
    (The new moon of #Eid has appeared in the sky)
    Standing on ramparts of #RedFort #Delhi these words were uttered by the #Mughal ruler #Jahangir to his wife #NurJahan in c1605 AD

    #EidUlFitr #EidMubarak to everyone.

    This c1800 CE #MughalArt style #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh is now at Ashmolean #Museum UK.

    #IndianHistory #Art #Artist #Histodons #Heritage #History #MastoArt #IndianHertitage

  26. Here's wishing #EidMubarak to all those celebrating today.
    As the month of #Ramadan (#Islamic fasting month) comes to an end, #Muslims worldwide thank the Almighty by offering prayers at Mosques & #Eid celebrations.

    This c1750 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh #India is now at the Smithsonian #Museums, National #Asian #Art #Museum USA

    #IndianHertitage #Artist #Painting #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Heritage #Mughal #History #Religion #Islam #Muslim

  27. The Making & Effects of Drugs'.

    c1620 AD #MughalArt from #Lucknow #India sold by Sothebys on 26th April 2023.

    Such subjects on the effects of #Drugs began to appear in #IndianMiniaturePainting in the 17th century, being influenced by Safavid #Persia where painted depictions of inebriated #Dervishes began to appear in the 16th century.

    #Art #IndianHistory #Paintings #IndianHertitage #MastoArt #History #Artist #Heritage #Paintings #Histodons #Mughal #MughalIndia #Sufi #SayNoToDrugs

  28. #SufiThursday

    A Gathering of #Dervishes

    c1600 CE #MughalArt from #Delhi or #Agra from the Ashmolean #Museum (UK) collection now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of #Art (USA) exhibition 'Indian Skies : The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court #Paintings' on till the 9th June 2024.

    #TheMet #Museums #IndianHistory #Mughals #IndianHertitage #MastoArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #Painting #Artist #Histodons #Religion #Islam #Sufi #Dervish #History #Heritage #MughalIndia #Mughal #MughalEmpire

  29. Into the 20th year on this day of my Dad departing to his Heavenly Abode...

    My life hasn't been easy ever since.
    Dad, I miss you so much.

    'A Father and Son'

    c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from from #Lucknow #Awadh #UttarPradesh #India from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christies Inc on 27th Oct 2023.

    #Remembrance #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Histodons #History #Heritage #Artist #Art #MastoArt #Painting

  30. #HappyNowruz

    Today is the New Year of the Parsees, the followers of #Zoroastrianism #Religion whose ancestors originally came to #India from #Persia #Iran in the 7th & 8th centuries AD

    Here #Mughal Emperor #Jahangir celebrates the #PersianNewYear of #Nowruz in this c1617 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting attributed to #Artist Manohar from the St. Petersburg Album now at the Russian Academy of Sciences

    #Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Histodons #MastoArt

  31. Today the #Islamic #Festival of #Ramadan or #Ramzan begins
    So, wishing #RamadanKareem or #RamzanMubarak to all those celebrating

    "Shah Alam the #Mughal ruler at #Delhi with sons at play & giving an audience to Muzaffir Diler Khan & another prince"

    c1730 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow or #Faizabad #Awadh #India on Bonhams sale on 20th March 2024 ($15,000)

    #Art #Painting #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Muslim #Celebration

  32. An Amorous Encounter at a Well.

    This c1760 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from from #Lucknow or #Faizabad in #Awadh #India will be on Bonhams sale on March 20, 2024, estimate $ 8,000-12,000.

    A popular subject in the 18th century probably inspired by the romantic lores of Shahid-Wafa & Mohana Rani-Chel Batao

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Art #Painting #MastoArt #Paintings #IndianCulture #Romance #Stories #Entertainment

  33. This #Turkey is forgiven on #Thanksgiving, the western #Harvest festival

    This c1612 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting of 'A Turkey' by #Artist Mansur, made for #Mughal ruler #Jahangir & now at Victoria & Albert #Museum #London is a record of arrival of exotic #Birds arriving at #Cambay Port in #Gujarat, #India

    It was procured by Jahangir's friend Muqarrab Khan in 1612 from a consignment arriving from #America

    #Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Birrds #History #Heritage #MastoArt #ArtOfTheDay

  34. Majnun (or A Wandering Dervish).
    c1630 CE #Mughal #Art by Goverdhan, son of artist Bhawani Das & active 1596-1645 in ateliers of #Akbar, #Jahangir & #ShahJahan at #Agra & #Allahabad

    Borders were added in 1764 by Safavid artist Muhammad Baqir.

    Later, this folio formed part of a #Qajar Album but got dispersed at a #Paris sale in 1982.

    On Sotheby's sale of 25 Oct 2023 for £60,000-80,000

    Inscribed 'We & Majnun were fellow travellers in the pain of madness'

    For #Israel & #Palestine war victims.

  35. A Prince Lulled to Sleep by 'Khayyal' (#IndianClassicalMusic) Musicians

    c1720 AD Provincial #Mughal #india from #Lucknow #Awadh sold by Christie's.

    At night, supported by a courtesan and followed by female attendants, they walk across a marble terrace, female #Musicians accompanying them under a full moon-lit sky.

    #GoodNight everyone.

    #Art #IndianHeritage #Paintings #IndianHistory #MastoArt #History #Heritage #MughalArt #Music #Painting
    @pvonhellermannn

  36. Today is #Navroz2023 #PersianNewYear an ancient non #Islamic #Festival still celebrated in #Iran with fervor.

    As most of the followers of #Zoroastrian #Religion live in #Mumbai #Bombay #India it is also celebrated here with a public #Holiday to enable #Parsees (as they are known here) to celebrate the #Festival

    This c1620 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting by Manohar II of #Navroz Darbar of #Mughal Emperor #Jahangir from Cary Welch collection now at #Harvard Library

    #Art #IndianHeritage

  37. c1600 AD portrait of musician Ali Khan Karori playing the 'Vina' on #WorldMusicDay #MusicDay

    This #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting is by artist Mansur & is now at British #Museum

    Karori worked as Chief of Drum-House (Naqra-Khana) under #Mughal ruler #Akbar & was given the title of Naubat Khan by his son #Jahangir in 1607 AD.

    Vina is a #MusicalInstrument

    #India #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #MastoArt #Museums #Music #History #Heritage #MughalEmpire #IndianClassicalMusic #Paintings

  38. #RamzanMubarak #RamadanKarim to those celebrating.
    #Ramzan or #Ramadan the holy month in which #Muslims keep daytime fasts.

    c1730 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh & sold by Christie's for $ 37,000 on 26th May 2016.

    'Sultan Ibrahim Adham Visited by Angels' who bring for him 10 dishes of food. The 8th century #Sufi, Adham gave up his kingdom in #Afghanistan to become a #Dervish

    #India #Art #IndianHeritage #Paintings #Religion #Islam #IndianHistory #Painting

  39. #ShabEBarat The Night of Forgiveness
    This is a major #Muslim #Festival in which #Shia #Muslims of #India, #Pakistan, #Iran #Turkey and those of #CentralAsia etc Remember their Ancestors by Visiting their Tombs & Praying.
    A Night-long #Celebration is marked by Festivities like in this c1660 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #India sold by Bonhams on 18 March 2018 for US$ 100,000.

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Religion #Islam #Art #Painting #Paintings #IndianFestival

  40. So, it is #Breakfast time in #India
    What do I eat? Eggs? Chicken Ham?
    I think neither, cornflakes would do. I'd rather leave these beautiful #Birds alone.

    This c1605 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting #MughalArt ' Mother & Hen Chicks' is by artist Ustad Mansur & now at British Museum #London

    Mansur was an important artist at the #Mughal court of #Akbar & #Jahangir at #Agra #UttarPradesh & #Delhi
    This #Painting was made for Jahangir

    #IndianCulture #IndianHistory #Art #Heritage #History #AnimalRights