Alamgir ponders the afterlife Lithographs from India This is perhaps the largest

This is perhaps the largest painting to have emerged from the Mughal period

Had his siblings Daniyal Mirza and Prince Murad not died prematurely

to whom Akbar had gone in the hope of an heir

a lieutenant in the Bengal Infantry from 1782 to 1792

Jahangir is presented in a very simple manner drinking wine

Alamgir ponders the afterlife Lithographs from India This is perhaps the largestIn this painting we see, Aurangzeb, the devout Muslim ruler in profile, with a downward gaze, performing dhikr, with a tasbih held in his hands. Dressed in stark white garments, his appearance is in sharp contrast to the golden radiance of the halo and grandeur seen in earlier paintings of him. He only took to austerity as he grew older and moved to the Deccan. For him, there was no greater personal accomplishment than to memorise every verse and