Commissioned in the late 18th century by the much exalted king of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, the two-floor Indo-Islamic palace made ...

This excerpt from Vikram Sampath’s ‘Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760–1799)’ has been published with permission from Penguin Random House India.

This is the seal of Sultan ... Mysore' used by him to confirm official documents. It has been in the Powell-Cotton family at Quex Park, Birchington, Kent probably since the early 1800s. Tipu ruled ...

Tipu Sultan ... Mysore', was a legend during his lifetime and is still regarded as an enlightened ruler in India. During the late eighteenth century he bitterly and effectively opposed British ...

In 1780, during the Second Mysore War, the British were defeated at the Battle of Pollilur. Tipu had the battle painted on the walls of his Summer Palace to celebrate his triumph. David Baird was ...