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Miskina: A Mine Explodes During the Siege of Chittor, Rajasthan  wikidata:Q117231715 reasonator:Q117231715
Artist
Composition designed by the Mughal court artist Miskina, with details painted by Bhura for the left side and Sarwan for the right side
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Title
A Mine Explodes During the Siege of Chittor, Rajasthan Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"A Mine Explodes During the Siege of Chittor, Rajasthan Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"A Mine Explodes During the Siege of Chittor, Rajasthan Edit this at Wikidata"
Part of Victoria and Albert Akbarnama Edit this at Wikidata
Object type folio / manuscript illumination Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description

It illustrates an incident when a mine exploded during the Mughal attack on the Rajput fortress of Chitor (Chittaurgarh) in north-west India in 1567, killing many of the besieging Mughal forces.

In right side Mughal sappers are shown preparing covered paths to enable the army to approach the fortress, while their opponents fiercely defend themselves.
Depicted people Akbar Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 1590 and 1595
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1595-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium gouache paint, paper and gold Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 33 cm (12.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 19.1 cm (7.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+33U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+19.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q213322
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IS.2:67-1896 (Victoria and Albert Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Mughal Empire Edit this at Wikidata
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