Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Mansur was active from 1590-1624 in northern India, working under the sponsorship of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and then under his son, Jahangir.
Many of the birds and animals that he painted were brought as gifts to the emperor, and Mansur memorialized them, something incredibly useful since the Dodo became extinct within the next century.
Music is from Rageshri (vilambit ektal / drut teental), from Ustad Munir Khan's Classical Sarangi Music.
Mansur was active from 1590-1624 in northern India, working under the sponsorship of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and then under his son, Jahangir.
Many of the birds and animals that he painted were brought as gifts to the emperor, and Mansur memorialized them, something incredibly useful since the Dodo became extinct within the next century.
Music is from Rageshri (vilambit ektal / drut teental), from Ustad Munir Khan's Classical Sarangi Music.
