Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb
Author: Audrey Truschke
Publisher: Penguin Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Mogul Empire
ISBN: 9780143442714

Aurangzeb Alamgir (r. 1658-1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, is widely reviled in India today. ... While many continue to accept the storyline peddled by colonial-era thinkers--that Aurangzeb, a Muslim, was a Hindu-loathing bigot--there is an untold side to him as a man who strove to be a just, worthy Indian king.

The Rise of Fiscal States

The Rise of Fiscal States
Author: Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2012-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107013518

Leading economic historians present a groundbreaking series of country case studies exploring the formation of fiscal states in Eurasia.

Land and Law in Mughal India

Land and Law in Mughal India
Author: Nandini Chatterjee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2020-04-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108486037

In this innovative, micro-historical approach to law, empire and society in India from the Mughal to the colonial period, Nandini Chatterjee explores the dramatic, multi-generational story of a family of Indian landlords negotiating the laws of three empires: Mughal, Maratha and British. This title is also available as Open Access.