( fl c. 1570-1600). Indian miniature painter. All known works by Mukund were painted under the patronage of the Mughal emperor Akbar (reg 1556-1605). He must have joined the court atelier before the time of the Razmnama ('Book of wars'; 1582-6; Jaipur, Maharaja Sawai Singh II Mus., MS. AG. 1683-1850), for the earliest works ascribed to him record the rare assignment of both the design and execution of six illustrations in that manuscript and another five in the Khamsa ('Five poems') of Nizami of c. 1585 (London, priv. col.). His prominence in the atelier is affirmed by ascriptions in all major manuscripts of the 1580s and 1590s and his inclusion among the 17 painters named in the Ayin-i Akbari, a contemporary account of Akbar's administration.
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