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# Painting

This complex interlocking design is on the reverse of an allegorical painting (IM.8-1925) depicting the Central Asian ancestor of the Mughal rulers, Timur, handing the imperial crown to Babur, the founder of the Mughal dynasty in the presence of Babur's son, Humayun.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1600–1650 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-18a-1925](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-18a-1925) · Pramāṇa
