Akbar

This illustration to the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) depicts the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556–1605) watching a fight between elephants near Malwa in north central India in 1564. It is by the Mughal court artists Mohesh and Kesav Khord. The Akbarnama was commissioned by Akbar as the official chronicle of his reign.

Kind

artefact

Date

1585–1595 CE