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Revision note: Mughal Culture: Architecture, Painting, Literature and Music

  • Humayun's tomb: first garden tomb, double dome, Mirak Mirza Ghiyas; Fatehpur Sikri: Buland Darwaza (Gujarat), Panch Mahal, Salim Chishti's tomb
  • Itimad-ud-Daula ("Baby Taj"): first all-marble, pietra dura; Shalimar & Nishat Bagh
  • Taj Mahal (Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Makrana marble, Amanat Khan calligraphy); Red Fort & Jama Masjid Delhi; Bibi ka Maqbara
  • Painting: Mir Sayyid Ali, Abdus Samad; Hamzanama; Daswanth, Basawan; Jahangir – Ustad Mansur, Abul Hasan, Bishandas
  • Literature: Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari, Badauni, Lahori's Padshahnama, Khafi Khan; Maktab Khana translations (Razmnama)
  • Music: Tansen; Aurangzeb banned court singing, but music texts continued
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