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Richard Eaton's brilliant book stands as an important monument to
this almost forgotten world' - William Dalrymple, The Spectator A
sweeping, magisterial new history of India from the middle ages to
the arrival of the British The Indian subcontinent might seem a
self-contained world. Protected by vast mountains and seas, it has
created its own religions, philosophies and social systems. And yet
this ancient land experienced prolonged and intense interaction
with the peoples and cultures of East and Southeast Asia, Europe,
Africa and, especially, Central Asia and the Iranian plateau
between the eleventh and eighteenth centuries. Richard M. Eaton's
wonderful new book tells this extraordinary story with relish and
originality. His major theme is the rise of 'Persianate' culture -
a many-faceted transregional world informed by a canon of texts
that circulated through ever-widening networks across much of Asia.
Introduced to India in the eleventh century by dynasties based in
eastern Afghanistan, this culture would become thoroughly
indigenized by the time of the great Mughals in the sixteenth,
seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This long-term process of
cultural interaction and assimilation is reflected in India's
language, literature, cuisine, attire, religion, styles of
rulership and warfare, science, art, music, architecture, and more.
The book brilliantly elaborates the complex encounter between
India's Sanskrit culture - which continued to flourish and grow
throughout this period - and Persian culture, which helped shape
the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire and a host of regional
states, and made India what it is today.
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