[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924) › c19.10.2 # Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c19.10.2 Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c19.10.2 - **Language:** English ### [c19.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.2) on the reverse of it would be the other two creatures of the series, the tiger and the unicorn. On the backs of the elephants are two richly diapered coverings which may also have been produced by Chinese looms, all of which shows that the Mughals had no little admiration for the arts of the Far East, and used examples of them in their regalia. Flanking the elephants are two groups of mounted musicians energetically blowing on their trumpets, \*turhī\* and \*nafīrī\*, or beating the drums, \*naqāra\*. In front of these is a line of \*jhandī-bardārs\* bearing gaily coloured pennons or \*shān-o-shaukat\*, and with them are several \*bandūqchīs\* who are carrying guns wrapped in brocaded coverings. Behind the elephants are more musicians, one group of men, the other of women, all playing instruments or vigorously singing and beating time. In the upper group, called \*kalāvat\* or \*gavayyā\*, which is a mixed assembly of Hindus and Muhammadans, two men will be observed with stringed instruments like large mandolins, known as \*sarūd\*. The elder of these two performers has been identified as Tansen, the most skilled musician at the Mughal court, and one whose fame as a singer lives to this day. The younger performer below is Shauqi, who afterwards took the place of Tansen, and of whom Jahangir writes that he is ‘the wonder of the age’ and sings ‘in a manner that clears the rust from all hearts’. - [Previous: c19.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.1) - [Next: c19.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.3) - [Up: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.2) · Pramāṇa