Author: Harbans Mukhia
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 210
ISBN/UPC (if available): 140513318X
Description
The Mughals of India explores the grandest and longest lasting empire in Indian history. This innovative book examines the Mughal presence in India from 1526 to the mideighteenth century through four new entry points: the sources of the Mughal state’s legitimacy; the evolution and meaning of court etiquette; the world of the imperial Mughal family; and the interaction between folklore and court culture.
Based upon a wide range of sources-court chronicles, official documents, poetry, paintings, travellers’ accounts, bazaar gossip and folktales-the book takes account of both the tensions and harmonies within the court and the durability of the empire’s structures, together with the transient moments of the Mughal’s world and its lasting legacy in today’s India.
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHRONOLOGY OF EMPERORS’ REIGNS
INTRODUCTION
For Conquest and Governance: Legitimacy, Religion and Political Culture
Etiquette and Empire
The World of the Mughal Family
Folklore and the Mughal Court Culture
GLOSSARY
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX