Girls spraying each other on Holi First Among Begums O Shah may the span

O Shah may the span of your reign be a thousand years”

but even though he was allowed within the royal enclosure

This painting was made when Abu’l Hasan was still living in Mandu (before he was invited by Jehangir to the royal court) and uses gouache heightened with gold leaf on a fine woven cotton canvas

Beneath his feet

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