'Hasht Bihisht': the Garden of the Eight Paradises - the place of the garden in early Mughal culture

Summary: This illustrated talk discussed the Central Asian and Afghan origins of the Mughal Empire of India (1526-1739/1858) as revealed in the Turki or Chaghatai Turkish autobiography of the founder of the Empire, Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur (1483-1530).