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# Akbar and Jaimal

The painting is an illustration from the Akbarnama. It depicts the fall of the Rajasthani fortress of Chitor in 1568, when the Mughal army succeeded in approaching the ramparts by constructing covered defences.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1585–1595 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-2-68-1896](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-2-68-1896) · Pramāṇa
