[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) › c19.40 # Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c19.40 Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c19.40 - **Language:** English ### [c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.40) Plate XLVI is a picture of the celebrations held at the Mughal court on the occasion of the marriage of Prince Khurram, who was ultimately to succeed Jahangir as the Emperor Shah Jahan. The miniature has been much damaged, but enough remains to show the scheme of rich colour that was employed by the artist when he was required to immortalize these splendid ceremonies. It depicts the usual elephant procession, similar in subject to that on Plate XXXI, but with even more musical accompaniment. In the upper part of the picture are five \*amirs\*, or nobles, richly dressed and standing respectfully with their maces or staffs of office on their shoulders. Below is a group of five male singers beating time with their hands, and behind them a chorus of women vocalists; the latter may be studied to better advantage in the enlarged reproduction on Plate XLVII. At the bottom on the right are several instrumentalists, preceded by a boy in white, beating time, who is reproduced alone to a larger scale on Plate XLVIII. Attendants bearing banners and the state elephants just arriving in the picture complete this part of the scene, but right at the top is an animated \*motif\*, the imperial band performing in what corresponds in Gothic architecture to the minstrels' gallery, which cannot be better described than in Bernier's own words: - [Previous: c19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.39) - [Next: c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.41) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1924.c19.40) · Pramāṇa