Mughal Arcadia : Persian literature in an Indian court / Sunil Sharma.
This book is a study of the creation and demise of a poetic utopia at the Mughal court in early modern South Asia. The Mughals set up an empire in northern India in the early sixteenth century based on a Perso-Islamic model but ruled over an extremely diverse populace. In order to enhance their repu...
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Harvard University Press,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Lingua Persica
- Mughal Persian literary culture
- The Mughal discovery of India
- Celebrating imperial cities
- Mughal Arcadia
- Conclusion: Paradise lost.