A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s2.9
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s2.9
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Mr. Keene is of opinion that 'the allusion probably is to the three sons of Akhirāj, son[s] of Akbar's brother-in-law, Rāja Bhagwān Dās of Jaipur, killed in a fight arising out of a tumult caused by themselves in the Palace'.³ Whoever the originals may have been, Finch's testimony is clear that two statues of men over one of the gates of the Agra Fort were erected by order of either Akbar or Jahāngīr, and Purchas's note indicates that they were mounted on elephants. The pedestals for two elephants have been found, but all trace of the figures of men or animals has disappeared.