This folio is from an album compiled for the Mughal emperors Jahangir (r. 1605-27) and Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58) between about 1612 and 1640. In his memoirs, Jahangir, whose mother was Hindu, describes Holi, the exuberant Hindu festival: ‘Thursday is the Holi, which in their

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The Down Survey was carried out under the supervision of William Petty between 1654 and 1659, to facilitate the redistribution of land confiscated under the Cromwellian land settlement. Until the advent of the Ordnance Survey in the early 19th century, it remained the only

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The Books of Survey and Distribution outline in detail the transfer of land, largely from Catholic to Protestant, in the second half of the 17th century. Names of pre-1641 owners appear on the left-hand page, those of subsequent owners on the right. This volume mentions the

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