William Dalrymple visited all the locations in the Indian subcontinent where this history occurred while conducting research for his upcoming book, The Anarchy, which tells the tale of how a militarised multinational destroyed and replaced the powerful and supremely elegant empire of the Great Mughals. These locations included battlegrounds and ruins, mosques, Sufi shrines and temples, paradise gardens and recreation areas, barracks and townhouses, and crumbling Mughal havelis. The voyage is documented in this collection. The arresting black-and-white photos in this collection, taken with his Samsung Edge, illustrate the spontaneity and lack of pretence that a cellphone offers in capturing the world around us. Considering that, in his own words, "photography should always be about the eye, not the camera,"