TALK "Enigmatic Story of Two Unique Mughal Artefacts" by Ms. Vanina Yuglena, Russia at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 11, Mansingh Road > 4pm on 4th January 2016

Time : 4:00 pm Add to Calendar 04/02/2016 16:00 04/02/2016 17:30 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Enigmatic Story of Two Unique Mughal Artefacts" by Ms. Vanina Yuglena, Russia Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/02/talk-enigmatic-story-of-two-unique.html Lecture Room, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Lecture Room, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi - 110001
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Event Description : TALK "Enigmatic Story of Two Unique Mughal Artefacts" by Ms. Vanina Yuglena, Russia.
Various descriptions of the two Mughal capitals, Agra and Delhi, mention the gates of both royal forts as decorated with the statues of two warriors mounted on elephants. The list of those who had described these sculptures and reconstructed their history includes late medieval Indian writers, European travellers to the Mughal empire, scholars from the nineteenth century onwards, authors of tourist guides; there is a popular oral narrative on them as well. The most widely spread version attributes the statues to the Rajput Warriors who defended Chittor against the Mughal invasion and who were immortalized by emperor Akbar in a sign of his recognition of their valour. This is an attempt to "investigate" the controversial story of a Mughal ruler glorifying his sworn enemies and to analyse historical circumstances that could be a background for such a narrative,

CV Prof. Eugenia Vanina
Prof. Eugenia Vanina, D.Litt., graduate of Moscow State University, staff member (researcher) in the Centre for Indian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, Russia, She is the author of books:

"Ideas and society in India, 16-18th century", "Urban crafts and craftsmen in medieval India", "Medieval Indian mindscapes", as well as four books in Russian and many articles on medieval India in English and Russian,

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