The Mughals of India

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John Wiley & Sons, Apr 15, 2008 - History - 224 pages
This innovative book explores of the grandest and longest lastingempire in Indian history.

  • Examines the history of the Mughal presence in India from 1526to the mid-eighteenth century
  • Creates a new framework for understanding the Mughal empire byaddressing themes that have not been explored before.
  • Subtly traces the legacy of the Mughals’ world intoday’s India.
 

Selected pages

Contents

Introduction
1
Legitimacy Religion and Political Culture
14
2 Etiquette and Empire
72
3 The World of the Mughal Family
113
4 Folklore and the Mughal Court Culture
156
Glossary
172
Select Bibliography
176
Index
195
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2008)

Harbans Mukhia was Professor of Medieval History and Rector at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. His previous publications include Historians and Historiography During the Reign of Akbar (1976), Perspectives on Medieval History (1993), The Feudalism Debate (editor, 1999), Feudalism and Non-European Societies, (co-editor, with T. J. Byres, 1985), French Studies in History (co-editor, with Maurice Aymard, vol. 1, 1988, vol. 2, 1990), and Religion, Religiosity and Communalism (co-editor with Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik, 1996). He is the founding editor of The Medieval History Journal.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Mughals of India
Volume 5 of Peoples of Asia
AuthorHarbans Mukhia
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2008
ISBN0470758155, 9780470758151
Length224 pages
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