Sir Thomas W. Arnold

S.P. Verma (b. 1942), formerly Professor of History at Aligarh Muslim University, is the author of Art and Material Culture in the Paintings of Akbar?s Court (New Delhi, 1978); Mughal Painters and Their Work, a Biographical Survey and Comprehensive Catalogue (New Delhi, 1994); Mughal Painter of Flora and Fauna, Ustad Mansur (New Delhi, 1999); Painting the Mughal Experience (New Delhi, 2005), and numerous articles in academic journals. Also, he is a practising artist and the recipient of awards by the Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar (1981) and the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (1982). In 1986-87, he was a Fulbright Fellow at the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and a Senior Fellow (2004-06) at Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.