Good references for the Mughal Empire

Abu'l Fazl. The Akbar-Nama. Translated by H. Beveridge. Delhi:

Ess Ess Publications, 1977.

Asher, Catherine B. Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Beach, Milo Cleveland. Mughal and Rajput Painting. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Begley, Wayne. "The Myth of the Taj Mahal and a New Theory of Its Symbolic

Meaning." The Art Bulletin (March 1979).

Richards, John F. The Mughal Empire. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Rogers, J.M. Mughal Miniatures. London:

Thames and Hudson, 1993.

Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri or Memoirs of Jahangir. Translated by A.

Rogers. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1968.

Welch, Stuart Cary. Imperial Mughal Painting. New York:

George Braziller, Inc., 1978.

Links to museums and Mughal India sites

Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institution
Asian collections of the Smithsonian

Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Arts and Crafts Museum in London with objects and paintings from the former British empire

The British Museum, London
Major museum of the U.K., includes Indian and Islamic sections.

Australian National University's student project on the Mughals
"The Majestic Taj Mahal: India's noble tribute to the grace of Indian womanhood"

Indian government site on the Taj Mahal
"Taj Mahal: A Shrine of Love"

Indian Government's Monuments of India page
Links to Red Fort, Taj Mahal, Jami Mosque in Delhi

Xerox Parc Map Site
Great resource for blank world maps

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