TY  - GEN
T1  - Writing the Mughal world : studies on culture and politics
A1  - Alam, Muzaffar, 1947-
A1  - Subrahmanyam, Sanjay
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
YR  - 2012
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn773693018
AB  - Two leading historians of early modern South Asia present nine major joint essays on the Mughal Empire, framed by an important introductory reflection. Stretching from the mid-sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, this Indo-Islamic dynasty came to rule 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 developed a sophisticated, complex system of government facilitating 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 trajectory. Making creative use of materials in Persian, Indian vernacular languages, and a variety of European languages, these chapters represent 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. They center on confrontations between different source materials that are then reconciled by the authors, enabling readers to participate both in the debate and the resolution of competing claims. The introduction discusses the comparative and historiographical approach of the work and its place within the literature on Mughal rule. Interdisciplinary and cutting-edge, this work adds rich dimensions to research on the Mughal state, early modern South Asia, and the comparative history of the Mughal, Ottoman, Safavid, and other early modern empires.
OP  - 516
CN  - DS461 .A43 2012eb
SN  - 9780231527903
SN  - 023152790X
SN  - 9780231158107
SN  - 0231158106
SN  - 9780231158114
SN  - 0231158114
KW  - Mughal Empire : History.
KW  - Mughal Empire : Historiography.
KW  - Politics and culture : Mughal Empire : History.
KW  - Mughal Empire : Politics and government.
KW  - Mughal Empire : Commerce : History.
KW  - Empire moghol : Histoire.
KW  - Empire moghol : Historiographie.
KW  - Politique et culture : Empire moghol : Histoire.
KW  - Empire moghol : Commerce : Histoire.
KW  - HISTORY : Asia : India & South Asia.
KW  - HISTORY : Asia : General.
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Politics and culture
KW  - India : Mogul Empire
KW  - Kultur
KW  - Politik
KW  - Geschichtsschreibung
KW  - Mogulreich
KW  - Indien
KW  - Kultur.
KW  - Politik.
KW  - Geschichtsschreibung.
KW  - Indien.
KW  - Mogulreich.
KW  - History
ER  -