[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) › c19.10.4 # Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c19.10.4 Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c19.10.4 - **Language:** English ### [c19.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.4) At his side is a small but very interesting group of buffoons, who supply the comic element in the proceedings, performing extravagant dances and burlesquing everybody from the highest officials downwards. They are known as \*bandahs\*, and are generally Muhammadans, while their mimicry is called \*swāng\*. Right at the back of these is the usual crowd of menial servants, cautiously approaching to view the \*tamāshā\*, the Roman world, and the most important events of the reign of Antoninus Pius, are related by his biographer, and the reader will not be sorry to find them here in a more concise form. The reign of Antoninus Pius is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is only another mode of saying that its happiness was complete. During the twenty-three years of his administration, the Roman empire was governed by the same invariable maxims of justice and peace. The natives of a vast extent of country were protected by the same laws, and enjoyed the same privileges. The frontiers were defended by the same legions, and the same spirit of moderation and equity prevailed in the councils of the emperor. The death of Antoninus was lamented as a public calamity; and the memory of his virtues was preserved by the gratitude of his subjects, and the imitation of his successor. - [Previous: c19.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.3) - [Next: c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.11) - [Up: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.10.4) · Pramāṇa