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Writing the Mughal World: Studies on Culture and Politics
Contributor(s): Alam, Muzaffar (Author), Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (Author)
ISBN: 0231158114     ISBN-13: 9780231158114
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE:   $36.63  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - India & South Asia
- History | Historiography
Dewey: 954.025
LCCN: 2011012092
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.55 lbs) 536 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Cultural Region - Indian
- Chronological Period - 16th Century
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
 
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Between the mid-sixteenth and early nineteenth century, the Mughal Empire was an Indo-Islamic dynasty that ruled as far as Bengal in the east and Kabul in the west, as high as Kashmir in the north and the Kaveri basin in the south. The Mughals constructed a sophisticated, complex system of government that facilitated an era of profound artistic and architectural achievement. They promoted the place of Persian culture in Indian society and set the groundwork for South Asia's future development.

In this volume, two leading historians of early modern South Asia present nine major joint essays on the Mughal Empire, framed by an essential introductory reflection. Making creative use of materials written in Persian, Indian vernacular languages, and a variety of European languages, their chapters accomplish the most significant innovations in Mughal historiography in decades, intertwining political, cultural, and commercial themes while exploring diplomacy, state-formation, history-writing, religious debate, and political thought.

Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam center on confrontations between different source materials that they then reconcile, enabling readers to participate in both the debate and resolution of competing claims. Their introduction discusses the comparative and historiographical approach of their work and its place within the literature on Mughal rule. Interdisciplinary and cutting-edge, this volume richly expands research on the Mughal state, early modern South Asia, and the comparative history of the Mughal, Ottoman, Safavid, and other early modern empires.