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# The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.73

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.73

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### [v4.c17.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c17.73)

When Sir Thomas Roe presented to him an English miniature, the emperor offered to wager that a court painter would copy it so exactly that Roe would be unable to distinguish the original, and the ambassador had in fact to scrutinise the pictures carefully.²

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