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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John F Richards |
ISBN: | 0521251192 9780521251198 9780521566032 0521566037 |
OCLC Number: | 25246187 |
Description: | xvi, 320 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Conquest and stability -- The new empire -- Autocratic centralists -- Land revenue and rural society -- Jahangir 1605-1627 -- Shah Jahan 1628-1658 -- The war of succession -- Imperial expansion under Aurangzeb 1658-1689 -- The economy, societal change, and international trade -- Maratha insurgency and Mughal conquest in the Deccan -- The Deccan years -- Imperial decline and collapse, 1707-1720 -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliographic essay. |
Series Title: | New Cambridge history of India, I, 5. |
Responsibility: | John F. Richards. |
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Abstract:
The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralised states in the pre-modern world and this new volume traces the history of this magnificent empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720.
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'This excellent monograph sets for itself the goal of providing a one-volume synthesis accessible to the non-specialist, of a period in India's past which has had an enduring impact and influence on the region's political, economic and cultural history.' The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History Read more...
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