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.
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