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Jain Kalpa-sutra 15th century. Leaf from Kalakacharya Katha, 15th century. Chaura-panchashika manuscript of ca. 1550. Chaura-panchashika manuscript of ca. 1550. Chaura-panchashika manuscript of ca. 1550.
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Jain Kalpa-sutra 15th century
Babur supervising the Bagh-i-Vafa (Garden of Fidelity) at Kabul, manuscript after the Baburnama ca. 1590.
“Most of the provinces of Hindustan are located on flat terrain. So many cities and so many provinces yet there is no running water anywhere. The only running water is in the large rivers. There are still waters in some places and even in cities that have the capability of digging channels for running water they do not do so…. In Lahore, Dipalpur and Sirhind and those regions a waterwheel is used.” Description of Hindustan, Baburnama “Babur watching men altering the course of the stream at Istalif, so that it flowed in a straight line.” From 1590
Bagh-e-Babur, Kabul, 1504-25 Elevated view of garden ca. 1916-17
Bagh-e-Babur, Kabul, 1504-25 Leaf from Baburnama, ca. 1590