The Resurgence of Mughal Splendor In the turbulent landscape of eighteenth-century India, as the once-mighty Mughal Empire navigated the shadows of Aurangzeb’s austere reign, a new light began to flicker within the imperial courts of Delhi. Chitarman II, known to history by the name Kalyan Das, emerged from this period of transition not merely as a painter, but as the definitive visual chronicler of a changing era. Born around 1680, hi…