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Nishat BaghIn 1633, the elder brother of Empress Nur Jahan commissioned a garden that would become the second-largest Mughal garden in the Kashmir Valley, yet its…
Shalimar Bagh, SrinagarThe year 1619 marked the transformation of a modest ancient garden into the Shalimar Bagh, a masterpiece that would come to define the Mughal vision of…
Gardens of BaburIn the year 1504, the conqueror Babur issued a command that would echo through five centuries of history, ordering the creation of an avenue garden in Kabul…
VerinagIn the year 1620, the Mughal emperor Jahangir stood before a shapeless marsh and made a decision that would transform a humble trickle of water into one of…
Shalamar Gardens, LahoreThe name Shalamar Gardens conceals a linguistic battle that raged within the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, where courtiers argued that the word derived…