Rare exhibits including Shah Jahan’s recipe book, a route map from Delhi to Quandhar, a river front map of Agra, a bird’s eye view of Red Fort are among other Mughal miniatures set to go on display here.

Titled ‘Mughal India: Life, Art and Culture’, an exhibintion tracing the evolution of Mughal art and empire between the 16th and 19th centuries has been curated by Malini Roy for the British Library in London in March this year.

The exhibition of replicas of exquisite paintings from the British Library’s Central and South Asian collections is scheduled to be inaugurated by Vice President Hamid Ansari  and Union External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid .

An initiative by Roli Books in collaboration with Indra Gandhi National Centre for Arst (IGNCA), the facsimile edition of the original exhibition will be on display in the capital from November 22 to December 31.

“The exhibition at British Library is not like we visit a museum. Hence, they aren’t on display unless something particularly asks to see these exhibits. And how many Indians would get to see that? So, we chose to bring the same exhibition here as well,” says Pramod Kapoor, Founder and Publisher, Roli Books.

“Besides the exhibition a series of lectures, workshops and discussions by noted art historians and scholars from India as well as London including William Dalrymple, M J Akbar and Pushpesh Pant will also be held,” he added.

The Mughal Empire was a period of great cultural and educational enlightenment and has directly influenced many modern areas of Indian culture.

source: http://www.business-standard.com / Business Standard / Home> PTI Stories> National> News / by Press Trust of India / New Delhi – November 20th, 2013