{"title":"Medieval India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplore books on medieval Indian history, including the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire, regional kingdoms, court culture, society, religion, art, architecture, and the political transformations that shaped the subcontinent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"11133-essays-on-medieval-indian-history","title":"Essays on Medieval Indian History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Satish Chandra\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 549\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0 195663365\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, one of India’s leading historians explores the interconnections between society, economy, religion, and state in medieval India. The author concludes with a thought-provoking discussion of the future of history and history writing in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the earliest of these essays was written in 1948, the shape and direction of history writing have undergone great change. The essays in this collection reflect –and have also been responsible for determining – new currents in history writing over the last five decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays, covering the period between the tenth and eighteenth centuries, range over a broad spectrum of subjects: the links between India and Asian societies during the pre-Sultanate and Sultanate periods and the effects of a hierarchical social system on state formation; the experiments with and growth of different types of Muslim states in medieval India-moderate, secularist, orthodox, and liberal – and the extent of their reach; more generally, the role played by religion in state formation in Indian history; and aspects of the Mughal economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther topics include the Mughal alliance with the Rajputs, Mughal relations with the Deccan, and the rise of a Maratha principality in Western India. Professor Chandra’s path-breaking work on the subject of Jizyah, among his best known contributions to the study of later Mughal history, and his celebrated pieces on Aurangzeb, which offer a reassessment of the controversial Mughal ruler’s policies and motives, also appear in this collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy bringing together the various strands of a lifetime of work by a renowned medievalist, this volume will prove indispensable to students and scholars of Mughal and medieval Indian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSOCIETY AND STATE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Impact of Central Asian Institutions on the State and Society in Medieval India (Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSociety, Culture, and the State in Medieval India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Eighteenth Century in India-\u003cbr\u003eIts Economy and the Role of the Marathas, \u003cbr\u003ethe Jats, the Sikhs, and the Afghans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Review of the Crisis of the Jagirdari System\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe State and Economic Development under Timur, \u003cbr\u003ewith Special Reference to the Silk Road and the Great Asian Land Routes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSOCIETY AND COUNTRYSIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Structure and Stratification in the Village Society in Eastern Rajasthan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStructure of Village Society in Northern India: \u003cbr\u003eThe Khud-kasht and Pahi-kasht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Maratha Polity: Its Nature and Development\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial Background to the Rise of the Maratha \u003cbr\u003eMovement during the Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eECONOMY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Commercial Activities of the Mughal \u003cbr\u003eEmperors during the Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome Aspects of the Growth of a Money Economy \u003cbr\u003ein India during the Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Role of the Local Community, the Zamindars, \u003cbr\u003eand the State in Providing Capital Inputs for the Improvement \u003cbr\u003eand Expansion of Cultivation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Developmental Problematic in Medieval India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRELIGION AND STATE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Historical Background to the Rise of the \u003cbr\u003eBhakti Movement in Northern India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJizyah and the State in India during the Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Religious Policy of Aurangzeb during the \u003cbr\u003eLater part of his Reign-Some Considerations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJizyah in the Post-Aurangzeb Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOLITICAL PROCESSES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMughal Relations with the Rajput States of Rajasthan: \u003cbr\u003eThe Foundations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMughal-Rajput Relations during the Seventeenth Century-\u003cbr\u003eProblems of a Class Alliance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Deccan Policy of the Mughals (I)- Up to Shah Jahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Deccan Policy of the Mughals (II)- Under Aurangzeb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAurangzeb - A Critical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Deccan, North India and Baji Rao I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHISTORIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecentring of History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Satish Chandra \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776160870569,"sku":"11133","price":58.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11133_6984c951-88af-4e16-843c-256c934ce1c2.jpg?v=1625567466"},{"product_id":"11418-maharana-kumbha","title":"Maharana Kumbha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Har Bilas Sarda\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Rupa\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 182\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8129100339\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, first published in 1917, recounts the life and times of the ruler of Mewar and some of his immediate predecessors. Based on old inscriptions, coins and records, it is an authoritative commentary on the multifaceted Maharana Kumbha.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRajputana is celebrated as the land of outstanding warriors - of remarkable men who changed the destiny of their land by virtue of their bravery, strength of character and achievements. One such distinguished hero is Maharana Kumbhakaran, better known as Kumbha, who ascended the throne of Mewar in 1433. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Surya Vamsha lineage, Maharana Kumbha came from the glorious Guhilot clan, which ruled Mewar continuously for fourteen centuries. Apart from being an accomplished ruler and soldier, he was also an illustrious scholar. 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It  occupies a most important phase in the long and chequered history of the Punjab, because it was during this period that a new civilization entered the country and made a profound impact upon the mode of living and thinking of our people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Punjab during the Sultanate period (AD 1000-1526) was like a house with doors and windows partially or fully open and lashed by strong and gusty winds, in consequence of which the various articles within were either mutilated or scattered helter-skelter.  Even one violent storm would be sufficient to play havoc with a house in such a condition.  In this particular case, however, it was subjected not to one but to a plethora of violent and fierce storms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis series of violent storms started from the very beginning of the Sultanate period and its pioneers, Alapotigin and Subuktigin, were the Turkish Kings of Ghazni in Afghanistan.  Towards the end of the tenth century, both of them initiated border skirmishes with the Hindu rulers of the Punjab and, later on, Mahmud, son of Subuktigin, intensified these raids, culminating in a long chain of serious incursions.  Mahmud, during his reign (AD998-1030) invaded India for no less than seventeen times. Several of those invasions were confined to the Punjab.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the Sultanate period both constructive and destructive forces were at work side by side in the Punjab.  Negative forces had begun to appear much earlier than the advent of the Turks, but with their arrival in India, these regressive forces firmly implanted themselves and their strangle-hold became far stronger and wider.  In the new political set-up, the position of the Hindus had so greatly deteriorated in numerous ways that it threw them into a psychological mood of the darkest depression.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis state of affairs, however, is only one side of the picture.  On the other side, many healthy and constructive trends were in operation.  They, in reality, were the outcome of these same destructive forces.  The new trends began to appear on the horizon in a gradual manner and the persons who were actually instrumental in giving them a fresh form and a new look did not belong to one particular community or society.  Indeed, amongst this small band of reformers there were both Hindus and Muslims.  Through the intrepid efforts of these great men, a new and healthy atmosphere came into being through which it became possible for the two mutually conflicting and seemingly antagonistic social orders to appreciate each other with grater sympathy and understanding.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis development became particularly manifest towards the end of the Sultanate period when Guru Nanak, denying himself the luxuries and comforts of a good home life, undertook arduous udasis (long journeys) and in his own novel and dramatic way exhorted people to follow the path of truth and rectitude in their daily conduct of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eEditor's Note\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIslam: The Founder, Beliefs and Institutions by Sri Ram Sharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePunjab on the Eve of Muslim Invasions by Gurbux Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePunjab Under Ghaznavid Occupation by Gurbux Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhori Invasions by Sri Ram Sharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrecipitate Fall of Hindu India by P Saran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMamulk Administration by Bakshish Singh Nijjar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhalji Administration by K A Nizami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTughlaq Administration by K A Nizami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimur's Invasion by Sri Ram Sharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePunjab Under Sayyids and Lodhis by Sri Ram Sharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople's Struggle against Political Tyranny by Buddha Prakash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Theory as practiced in the Punjab by Bhagat Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLocal Government Institutions by Bhagat Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligious Beliefs and Practices by L M Joshi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial Conditions by Sant Singh Sekhon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Conditions by Sri Ram Sharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLanguage and Literature during the Sultanate Period Part I by Jit Singh Sital\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLanguage and Literature during the Sultanate period Part II by Attar Singh Sittal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Fauja Singh \/ Punjabi University \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776258191529,"sku":"11851","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/files\/historypunjab3.png?v=1785951788"},{"product_id":"12536-taj-a-story-of-mughal-india","title":"Taj - A Story of Mughal India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Timeri N Murari\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 371\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0143031163\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen his queen Arjumand Banu-Mumtaz-i-Mahal, the Chosen One of the Palace-died, Shah Jahan wanted to build a monument that was the image of his perfect love for her. For twenty-two years, twenty thousand men laboured day and night to fulfill the emperor’s obsession. The result was the Taj Mahal, a marble mausoleum lined with gold, silver and precious jewels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful novel narrates the story of the Taj on two parallel levels. The first one tells the passionate love story of Shah Jahan and Arjumand till her death through the voices of three main characters-Arjumand, Shah Jahan and Isa, Arjumand’s favorite eunuch. The second recounts the later years of Shah Jahan’s reign, the building of the Taj Mahal and the bloody pursuit of the fabulous peacock throne by his sons. Intertwined with the narrative about the building of the Taj is the story of Murthi, the Hindu master craftsman sent as a gift to the emperor to carve the famous marble jail around Arjumand’s sarcophagus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this complex and fascinating book, Murari has written much more than a historical romance. He has skillfully recreated the period against which the story is set: the sensual opulence of the palace and the grinding poverty of seventeenth-century India, the vicissitudes of shah Jahan’s reign and the often bitter conflict between men of different faiths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly a masterly historical novelist like Timeri Murari could skate so teasingly near the lip of a volcano. 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Islam in India has richly contributed to its culture and civilization. There is no area in which Islam’s impact has not been felt in India. From architecture to music to painting to historiography Muslims have left their imprint in every field. The renowned scholars in respective fields have contributed their essays to this volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe readers will immensely benefit from reading this volume about impact of Islam on Indian culture, whether they are scholars or lay readers, they will benefit from study of this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Role of Ibn Battuta in Writing the History of India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia's Interface with Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlavery and Kingship among the Indian Gentry in the Late Eighteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndo-Islamic Cultural Interface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSufi Tradition and its Impact on Religious Thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo Textual Paradigms of Nationalism in the Middle Period Thought of Maulana Azad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndian Response to Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIslamic Approaches to Nationhood and Nation Building\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Synthesis of Indo-Islamic Culture and the Role of Muslim Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia's Contribution to Development of Islamic Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia's Contribution to Arabic Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Eminent Contributors \/ Indian Council for Cultural Relations \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776273658025,"sku":"12609","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/12609_91ff1c44-d958-4c33-bc0a-8f99874fd133.jpg?v=1625524320"},{"product_id":"12669-socio-cultural-impact-of-islam-on-india","title":"Socio-Cultural Impact of Islam on India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Attar Singh\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Punjabi University\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 200\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8185322295\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume celebrates the eight hundredth birth anniversary of Sheikh Baba Farid and seeks to provide the historical background to his life and works and also studies the contribution of Islam to the renewal and renaissance of the socio-cultural life, institutions and traditions of India and its role in determining their distinctive character and features.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Punjab University is thankful to the Sheikh Baba Farid Memorial Society which entrusted to this University the assignment of preparing two commemorative volumes on Sheikh Farid and his times. Many volumes have already appeared dealing exclusively with the life and works of that great Sufi poet of medieval times. Therefore it was altogether a novel idea to bring out the impact of Islam on the socio-cultural life of this country, its institutions and traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present volume is in the nature of a symposium on the main theme that we decided to bring under focus. It has been our endeavour to cast our net s wide as was possible within the limitations, of course, of our budget as also the time at our disposal. 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Te book simply- to use the expression of the critics-told the story of how we had won India. We are now entering upon a period when we shall be called upon to defend the Empire we so greatly gained. Upon this point let there be no mistake in the public mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume contains the story of the conquest of the several races of India by our countrymen. To this purpose are devoted eleven out of the twelve chapters of which it is composed. The remaining chapter, the first in order in the book, is the key to all others; for it records an event, but for the occurrence of which the battles which follow might have been indefinitely postponed. 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Jahangir, as if reminded of his own days, immediately consented. But it would be five ears before the prince could see her again and astrologers proclaimed the year 1607 auspicious for them to get married. Shah Jahan called her Mumtaz Mahal, the chosen one of the palace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou knew Shah Jahan, Life and youth, wealth and glory, they all drift away in the current of time. You strove, therefore, to perpetuate only the sorrow of your heart. Let the splendour of diamond, pearl and ruby vanish like the magic shimmer of the rainbow. 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The account of the lives of the six great Mughal emperors has been enlivened by a lucidly written text which successfully recreates the spirit of the time and place. The greatness of the Mughals has been vividly captured by the sumptuous photographs of D N Dube.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title of this book declares its own purpose. Stories of the unsurpassed grandeur of the court of the Great Mughals had captivated Western imagination ever since the first European travelers arrived in Agra. From the time it was completed in the middle of the seventeenth century, the Taj Mahal epitomized the glory of Hindustan. It is this Agra that the few pages that follow attempt to portray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNecessarily, the scene is set in a historical framework. This has involved rigorous selectivity. 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It begins with a background of the building of the British Raj in India, a move not deliberate but powerful enough to shape history for decades to come. The author delves in great detail into the causes of the Mutiny, unlike preceding writes who mostly concentrated on the consequences. Through personal knowledge and observation he attempts to in-point that latent power that drove the mutiny on. He gives a realistic account of all the important operations that took place, praising the heroic and criticizing the undeserving. He is careful not to overlay his work with too much tedious detail, so his writing remains lucid and interesting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian Mutiny of 1857 captures successfully and uncompromisingly an event that was perhaps disorganized but large in scale, dealing with each individual area separately, analysing the causes and effects locally and nation-wide. 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He traces how the Marathas armies developed from bands of lightly armed cavalry to European-style infantry and artillery and assesses the economics that funded the polity, the profound effects it had upon revenue administration, law, education, trade patterns, migration, and the economic and social make-up of Central India, Gujarat and Maharashtra.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Stewart Gordon presents a picture of everyday life in the Maratha polity as well as important example of the dynamics of kingdoms during this period. 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He has also taken into account important secondary material such as works of the time on history, law, and political theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating survey and analysis, this volume will interest scholars and students of legal history, medieval history and society in India, family law, and Sanskrit Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLITERATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Law and the State-From Divine Justice to Worldly Law\u003cbr\u003e2. Marriage and Family-Acknowledging Women’s Rights\u003cbr\u003e3. Property, Family, and Women-Wives and Daughters as Lawful Beneficiaries\u003cbr\u003e4. Law and the Economy-Grappling with the Ambiguities of the Free Market\u003cbr\u003e5. Law and Community-From the Communitarian Particular to the Citizen Individual\u003cbr\u003e6. 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Focusing on interconnections between religion and politics, it also raises questions of paramount concern to an understanding of Islam in medieval north India. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is divided into three sections. The first section explores the Afghan attempts at empire-building under the leadership of Sher Shah Sur. Discussing the incorporation of the Rajputs in the Afghan imperial project, the second part deals with the prevalent ideals and institutions of governance. The last segment investigates the social and political role of the Sufis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuestioning the over-emphasis on the Sultanate and Mughal periods in Indian history writing, Aquil projects a dynamic view of the Afghan period. He argues that the Afghan rulers were celebrated for their welfare works, personal piety, and madad-i-ma’ash grants to holy men. They also drew upon universal tropes of kingship for the articulation of their power rather than merely depending upon tribal lineages and customs. The author also highlights the role of Sufism in the transformation of the Afghan state formations and their contributions to religious syncretism and cultural synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction:\u003cbr\u003eThe Study of Medieval Indian History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: \u003cbr\u003eStruggle for Power and Dominance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Making of a Badshah: \u003cbr\u003e    Emergence of Sher Shah Sur\u003cbr\u003e2. Mughal-Afghan Interface:\u003cbr\u003e    Battles and Mobilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II:\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Ideals and Institutions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Norms of Governance and Aspects of Administration\u003cbr\u003e4. 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Athar Ali was one of the leading historians of medieval India and his writings have inspired and influenced much of the subsequent work on the Mughal Empire. Bringing together for the first time, his collection of essays, Mughal India is a tribute to Athar Ali’s historical acumen and analytical depth. They reflect his rigorous rationality, critical faculties, and straightforwardness in taking positions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganized thematically, this volume collects some of his best essays on a wide range of topics from the realm of ideas, religion, to polity, administration, society, and culture. Some are interpretative; others represent detailed research, while most reflect both these dimensions. It also includes a critique of ‘revisionist’ approaches in the study of the Mughal polity, and an important section on sources. What unite the essays is the author’s clear thinking, lucid prose, and consistency of approach. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays were collected and arranged by Athar Ali himself. After his death, his friend and colleague, Irfan Habib provided some of the editing that still needed to be carried out. In his preface, Habib discusses Athar Ali’s approach to history and the changing contours of his scholarship. He also gives an account of the personal and professional worlds of the distinguished historian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface by\u003cbr\u003e   Irfan Habib\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANTECEDENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Islamic background to Indian History: An\u003cbr\u003e   Interpretation of the Islamic Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncounter and Efflorescence: The Genesis of the \u003cbr\u003e   Medieval Civilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobility under Muhammad Tughluq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCapital of the Sultans: Delhi during the Thirteenth and\u003cbr\u003e   Fourteenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Punjab between the Thirteenth and Fifteenth\u003cbr\u003e  Centuries \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFORMATION OF THE EMPIRE:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTowards an Interpretation of the Mughal Empire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pre-colonial Social Structure and the Polity of \u003cbr\u003e   The Mughal Empire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mughal Polity: A Critique of ‘Revisionist’\u003cbr\u003e   Approaches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Structures of the Islamic Orient in the \u003cbr\u003e   Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOLITICAL THOUGHT:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Evolution of the Perception of India:\u003cbr\u003e   Akbar and Abul Fazl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe State in Islamic though in India \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElements of Social Justice in Medieval Islamic Though\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE RELIGIOUS WORLD:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ‘Vision’ in the salt Range, 1578:\u003cbr\u003e   An Interpretation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSulh-I Kul and the Religious Ideas of Akbar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslations of Sanskrit works at Akbar’s Court\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Religious would of 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It is in Delhi.”’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgra has more than mere mention in the Hindu scriptures. And the city’s position of strategic importance astride important trade routes historically attracted empire-builders ranging from the Lodhis and the Mughals to the British.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, says Royina Grewal, Agra has fallen prey to a lassitude that has caused large swathes of the once magnificent capital of emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan to succumb to decay and haphazard development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelving into myth and history, drawing deep conclusions from her lengthy conversations with varied citizens of multi-cultural Agra, Grewal weaves grand strands from the past with the humbler textures of present-day Agra to explain why the home of the world’s best-known monument has been allowed to disintegrate, and why the once mighty Yamuna is merely a stream of sludge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there is hope, says Grewal. 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Generals readers keen to know what India was like before British rule will also find the book interesting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShireen Moosvi is Professor at the Centre of Advanced Study in History, Aligarh Muslim University, where she has been teaching since 1970. She is a leading member of what is now known as the Aligarh school of historians who aim at combining critical rigour with evolving visions of History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a background in both statistics and history, she has worked with primary documents for her wide-ranging researches in economic and social history of Mughal India. Her book Economy of the Mughal Empire,c.1595 –a statistical study (OUP , 1987)is an attempt at quantitative analysis of Mughal economy, while Episodes in the Life of Akbar ( 1994 ) brings history to life by giving extracts from contemporary sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Shireen Moosvi commands an enviable combination of statistical skills with a close study of the primary sources that has enabled her to explore a number of fields of the economic history of Mughal India, some of them little touched by previous research. The present collection of her papers should be of much interest to all who wish to know how our people lived and worked three to four hundred years ago.\u003cbr\u003e-Irfan Habib\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Emeritus of History, Aligarh Muslim University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This comprehensive volume is characterized by a striking richness of source material, wealth of statistical data, and astute inquiries into a range of issues connected with Mughal Economic and social history. 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