Moghul

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• Trained in miniature painting, the 1972-born artist works from the motifs, symbolism, and ornaments of the Moghul tradition that flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries in the north of the Indian subcontinent.

  Blog text (21)

• Landes writes, "In India, the Moghul Empire was already fragmenting when the Europeans arrived; the death process was underway, and nothing could have reversed it.

  Academic text (2000)

• You know Moghul soldiers?

  West Is West (2010)

• These Rajputs were displaced during the Moghul invasion, lost their land and royal rifle, and became fallen Rajputs.

  Academic text (1994)

• Moghul hegemony over Bengal began in the early thirteenth century but, in the Ottoman style, deliberately left communal patterns in place.

  Academic text (1994)

• The Moghul emperors were known for their contributions to art and culture in India during the 16th and 17th centuries.

• Many historical documents describe the lavish lifestyle of the Moghul rulers who controlled vast territories in India.

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Mogul

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A member of a Muslim ruling family who governed much of India from the early 1500s until 1857

uses older spelling and dates rule ending in the 18th century

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Etymology