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# Screen

This pierced marble screen was made within the Mughal empire and may be dated to the reign of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58). Its design and the carving of the flowers are both closely similar to a screen still in place in the Taj Mahal, built for Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal after her death in 1631.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1635–1644 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.07071-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.07071-is) · Pramāṇa
