Fig. 18: Postcard of Akbars tomb labeled: The tomb of Akbar the Great Alias Sikandra, Agra. Built by the Emperor Jahangir in 1605 A.D. c. 1900-30. H.A. Mirza and Sons. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
Fig. 19: Postcard of the Bibi ka Maqbara (the tomb of Aurangzebs wife), Aurangabad, erroneously labeled: Marble Tomb of Emperor Aurangzeb and Wife, Aurangabad, Hyderabad Deccan (India) c. 1900-30. H.A. Mirza and Sons. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
Fig. 20: Postcard of the Sunehari Mosque, Delhi labeled: Sunehri Masjid or Golden Mosque, Delhi. Built in 1721 A.D. by Roshan-ud-Doula, a Courtier in the reign of Mohammad Shah c. 1900-30. H.A. Mirza and Sons. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
Fig. 21: Calendar showing Akbar and his Nine Jewels (Nav Ratan). Currimbhoy Ebrahim Sons, Limited 1927-28. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
Fig. 22: Textile ticket with an image labeled Akbar Sa Badsa (Emperor Akbar) late 19th-early 20th century, Kerr Tarruck Company, Calcutta, Karachi and Bombay; Steiner Mill, Manchester. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
Fig. 23: Textile ticket with image of monarch modeled on images of Shah Jahan. Glazebrook, Steel and Company, Manchester; The Bombay Company late 19th-early 20th century From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
Fig. 24: Sample calendar of the Taj Mahal c. mid-20th century From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
Fig. 25: Cover of The Taj Mahal is a Temple Palace by P.N. Oak, 3rd. edition, revised, Delhi: Institute for Rewriting Indian History (the first edition was titled: The Taj Mahal was a Hindu Temple (1968). Photograph: Catherine and Frederick Asher.
Fig. 05: An image of the Taj Mahal painted on ivory and inserted into an elaborately carved wooden display frame late 19th early 20th century Collection of Sujata Ray and Atreyee Gupta.
Urdu advertisement of gramophone players, full page, magazine or catalogue, Proprietor Ilmi Jantari Korswan, Kanpur. Circa 1930.
Kanpur ka charmi asbab vilayat par sharf rakhta hai (Kanpur's leather items are betrer than those from Vilayat or Britain), urdu advertisement of horse saddles, full page, magazine or catalogue, Prop. Ilmi Jantari Korswan, Kanpur. Circa 1930.
Ganjeena-e Rozgar (treaure-chest of professions), Urdu advertisement of self help books, self employment, learning English, Sex manual, Jantari, published 1942, Prop. Gupta co. Tohana SP Railway (a village in current Haryana state).
Serravallo's Tonic (advertisement card, two sides), circa 1930.
Urdu advertisement of various wonder products, printed religious images, drama costumes, oils, pills, clocks etc. Prop. Seth Shiv Lal, Jhansi, c. 1930.
Urdu advertisement of shoes, male, female, Derby. Prop.Ilmi Jantari Korswan, Kanpur, circa 1930.
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