Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | 954.0256092 LEF (Browse shelf) | Available | 034632 |
954.0254092 COL Emperor's writings : memories of Akbar the great : a novel | 954.0254092 HAB Akbar and his India | 954.02540924 BHA Maharana Pratap | 954.0256092 LEF Consolidating empire : power and elites in Jahangirs India, 1605-1627 | 954.0257 PRE Teardrop on the cheek of time : the story of the Taj Mahal | 954.0258 SAR Shivaji and his times. | 954.029 ALA Eighteen century in India : debates in indian history and society |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The book begins by questioning the historiography that categorises the monarch as a political lightweight. By contrast, Lefèvre shows us an intellectually complex, astute, and multi-faceted Jahangir who managed a tightrope act between self-indulgence and the serious business of kingship. More important than looking at the king, she says, is examining the nature of the empire under his reign. To that end, she moves the focus onto the Mughal military, administrative, and religious elites, and highlights how they readjusted to the changing imperial ethos.
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