In the 5,000 years of Indian history there have been almost countless dynasties of rulers. Each dynasty, Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Muslim, has contributed to the great tapestry that is India. The Mughals are closest to us in time and most accessible through the great churning of cultures through which they created some of the most exquisite, syncretic art and an ineffable tehzeeb, or way of being. Though we may not always be aware of it, the influence of these Daughters of the Sun remains in our music, in the food we eat, in the clothes we wear, in an aesthetic vision that colours so much of
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