Various descriptions of the two Mughal capitals, Agra and Delhi, mention the gates of both royal forts as decorated with the statues of two warriors mounted on elephants. The list of those who had described these sculptures and reconstructed their history includes late-medieval Indian writers, European travellers to the Mughal empire, scholars from the nineteenth century onwards, authors of tourist guides; there is a popular oral narrative on them as well. The most widely spread version attributes the statues to the Rajput warriors who defended Chittor against the Mughal invasion and who were immortalised by the emperor Akbar in a sign of his recognition of their valour. This article is an attempt to ‘investigate’ the controversial story of a Mughal ruler glorifying his sworn enemies and to analyse historical circumstances that could be a background for such a narrative.

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敌人的纪念碑？莫卧儿首都的“拉杰普特”雕像

对两个莫卧儿首都阿格拉和德里的各种描述都提到了两个皇家堡垒的大门都装饰着两个骑在大象上的战士的雕像。描述这些雕塑并重建其历史的人包括中世纪晚期的印度作家、前往莫卧儿帝国的欧洲旅行者、19 世纪以后的学者、旅游指南的作者；也有流行的口头叙述。流传最广的版本将这些雕像归因于拉杰普特战士，他们保卫奇托尔免受莫卧儿入侵，并被阿克巴皇帝永生，以示对他们英勇的认可。