A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.73
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.73
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c18.73
¹ From 1569 to 1584 Fathpur-Sīkrī was the principal residence of the Court. From 1585 to 1598 Lahore was the capital of Akbar, who moved to Agra in the latter year, but continued to prefer Fathpur-Sīkrī as a residence until his death. The regular issue of coins from the Fathpur mint (*Dār-us-saltanat*) continued only until A.D. 1581 (A.H. 989). No more is heard of the mint until A.D. 1628–9 (A.H. 1038), the first year of Shahjahān, when one coin is known to have been struck there (Wright, *Cat. Coins in I. M.*, vol. iii, p. xlvii).