In the exhibition we proudly display newly identified portraits of Prince Dara Shikoh (b.1618) and his wife Nadira Banu Begum, whom he married in 1633. From splendid masterpieces as well as the Mughals contribution to literature and the sciences, the exhibition concludes with the decline of empire. Here we tell the story of over-powerful ministers, the sacking of the capital of Delhi by the Afghan invader Nadir Shah in 1739, and how the political authority of the emperor would become severely restricted. Carefully selected written accounts of court life, portraits and unique topographical views reveal the last flowering before the Mughal dynasty came to a bitter end.