"Portrait of Raja Bikramajit (Sundar Das)", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, Painting by Bichitr, recto: ca. 1620; verso

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Portrait of Raja Bikramajit (Sundar Das)', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1620; verso: ca. 1540, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 15 1/4 x 10 1/8in. ( x ), Codices, Painting by Bichitr (active ca. 1610–60), Sundar Das was a Hindu whoses ancestors had been considerable landowners. He entered the service of Prince Khurram (Shah Jahan) and in 1617 Jahangir awarded him the title of Raja Bikramajit 'which among Hindus is the highest' as Jahangir wrote in his memoirs

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