Books by Rajeev Kinra
“Kinra… is interested in the empire’s cadre of munshis, that is, the many thousands of clerks and writers who actually ran the empire, and most particularly, the secretaries who oversaw those clerks.” Read more...
The best books on The Mughal Empire
Richard M. Eaton, Historian
Interviews where books by Rajeev Kinra were recommended
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Negotiating Mughal Law: A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires
by Nandini Chatterjee -
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The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504–1719
by Munis Faruqui -
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Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship & Sainthood in Islam
by A. Azfar Moin -
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Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court
by Audrey Truschke -
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Writing Self, Writing Empire: Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary
by Rajeev Kinra
The best books on The Mughal Empire, recommended by Richard M. Eaton
The best books on The Mughal Empire, recommended by Richard M. Eaton
The Mughals ruled the Indian subcontinent for three centuries, a multicultural empire that brought together an extraordinary mix of Mongol, Islamic, Persian and Indian practices, religious beliefs and philosophies. Here, historian Richard M. Eaton, a professor at the University of Arizona, chooses some of the best scholarly works on the Mughals that shed new light on how the empire functioned.
