Cover illustration: Akbar hunting with cheetahs in the neighbourhood of Agra. Painted by BasÄwan with colourist Dharmdas. Mughal, c.1590â95. AkbarnÄma manuscript, IS.2:24-1896 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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