The emperor who never was :: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India /

Dara Shukoh was the heir-apparent to the Mughal throne in 1659, when he was executed by his brother Aurangzeb. Today Dara is lionized in South Asia, while Aurangzeb, who presided over the beginnings of imperial disintegration, is scorned. Supriya Gandhi's nuanced biography asks whether the stor...

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Main Author: Gandhi, Supriya, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Dara Shukoh was the heir-apparent to the Mughal throne in 1659, when he was executed by his brother Aurangzeb. Today Dara is lionized in South Asia, while Aurangzeb, who presided over the beginnings of imperial disintegration, is scorned. Supriya Gandhi's nuanced biography asks whether the story really would have been different with Dara in power.
Physical Description:1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-321) and index.
ISBN:0674243900
9780674243903
9780674243910
0674243919

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