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Inside the Story · Today · Monday 28 September · South Asia

The Jali That Cooled a Mughal City

Where does a print begin? This one began as a window, carved in red sandstone five hundred years ago.

ArchitectureIndia, Second half of the 16th century, the reign of AkbarThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, CC02 min 26 s
Jaali All-overStepped-Cross StripeRosette ButaPallu Panel
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