My name is Mollani Roy. I am the curator of Mogul India Art Culture and Empire. I'm very lucky to be here to introduce the exhibition which focuses on the Mogul Empire from the 16th through the 19th century. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to look at these rare manuscripts, paintings and objects of art. The exhibition looks at the portraits of the 15 major Mogul emperors. We've got historic accounts, portraits as well as intimate glances into the lives of Mogul emperors. This imperial manuscript, the Book of Akbar, looks at the childhood of the infant Akbar who was one of the major Mogul emperors. After a three-year separation from his parents, he was reunited and the scene just captures him seated in the lap of one of the women at Mogul Court. The Moguls were great writers and they commissioned and wrote their own personal memoirs. This manuscript here looks at an episode from the life of the Mogul emperor, Bob or the founder of the Mogul Empire, who was being tended to by physicians during an illness in 1498. And here you can see an instructional poem for pigeon fanciers. It provides information on the care and breeding of pigeons, which was a popular pastime at the Mogul Court. This very popular painting features Europeans as painted by Mogul artists. It's a very interesting painting because it's not drawn from life, but from the imagination of Mogul artists. The exhibition not only reveals the lives of Mogul emperors, but also provides glimpses into their areas of interest such as the arts, sciences, religion, literature and reveals why the empire came to a final end. The exhibition will run until April 2, 2013.