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==Inscriptions== | |||
The inscription from Makrana, Nagaur District, dating back to 1651 AD, mentions Mirza Ali Baig, who was likely a local governor under Shah Jahan's rule.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.09791 |title=Archaeology progress report of the A.S.I., Western Circle |publisher=Central Archeological Library |pages=40 |quote=Under management of Mirza Ali Baig. As the date A.H. 1061 is equivalent to A.D. 1650, the 25th year must refer to Shah Jahan’s reign, Mirza Ali Baig must have been his local governor.}}</ref> It describes a notice he posted on a step-well, prohibiting low-caste individuals from using the well alongside higher-caste people.<ref>{{Cite book |last=A. Ghosh |first=(Director General of Archaeology in India) |url=http://archive.org/details/aclcpl00000583a1363 |title=Indian Archaeology 1962-63, A Review |publisher=Government of India Press, Faridabad |year=22 December 1965 |pages=60 |quote=INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MUGHALS, DISTRICTS JAIPUR, NAGAUR AND TONK.—'''Of the inscriptions of [[Shah Jahan]]''', the one from Makrana, District Nagaur, records a notice put up on a step-well in А.Н. 1061 (A.D. 1651) by Mirza Ali Baig prohibiting the low-caste people from drawing water from the well along with the people of higher caste.}}</ref> | |||
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inscription from a well at Makrana, Rajasthan<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/epigraphiaindica00newd/page/n60/mode/1up |title=Epigraphia Indica. Arabic and Persian supplement (in continuation of the series Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica) |date=2011 |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |others=Public Resource}}</ref>]] | |||
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