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Translocated Colonial Subjects in Collaboration
No full textThe domestication and use of animals is an integral part of the history of technology,
as beasts were used to improve the efficiency of agricultural, military,
and transportation activities. Individuals and social groups often had to
be introduced along with animal technologies, as the domestication, breeding,
training, and handling of animals was a culture that could not be immediately
learned. In the age of European empires, several ethnic groups were
imported along with the animals that they tended. This article highlights the
role of humans as part of animal technologies, as an important anthropological
component when technologies that involve animals are introduced to new
settlements and areas. Using three case studies in which animal technologies
from Asia were introduced to other parts of the world, it can be seen that humans
are an essential and integral component of animal technologies.</jats:p
A Tale of Two Imperial Residences: Aurangzeb’s Architectural Patronage
Full text link<p class="Keywords">While the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir is not well-known for his architectural commissions as his predecessors, there are still a few extant buildings associated with him. Two of these are residential sites, built almost fifty years apart, at the beginning and end of his career as an emperor. This essay examines these hitherto unpublished sites, and documents them as part of a Mughal legacy in the Deccan that has remained uncelebrated. The palace at Aurangabad and a royal residential compound just outside of Ahmadnagar are the two sites which bracket the emperor’s career and offer an insight into his political fortunes and religious life as it changed.</p></jats:p
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