Picture this: A grand Mughal feast, bathed in the warm glow of a glittering chandelier, spread across a table draped in rich velvet and silk. Precious flatware gleam alongside icy water in pewter ...

The investment made by teerth purohits comes in the form of taxes paid for the land allotted to them since the Mughal period.

In her book, Chandni Chowk: The Mughal City of Old Delhi, historian Swapna Liddle writes: “This space had been commissioned by the princess Jahanara. Jahanara was a very wealthy woman.

In the Mughal history, Dawar Baksh, the grandson of Jahangir, was Emperor of India for less than three months in 1627-1628, before he was killed in the succession battle by Shah Jahan. During his ...