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India in the Persianate Age: 1000–1765 (Hardcover)

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Protected by vast mountains and seas, the Indian subcontinent might seem a nearly complete and self-contained world with its own religions, philosophies, and social systems. And yet this ancient land and its varied societies experienced prolonged and intense interaction with the peoples and cultures of East and Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa, and especially Central Asia and the Iranian plateau.
 
Richard M. Eaton tells this extraordinary story with relish and originality, as he traces the rise of Persianate culture, a many-faceted transregional world connected by ever-widening networks across much of Asia. Introduced to India in the eleventh century by dynasties based in eastern Afghanistan, this culture would become progressively indigenized in the time of the great Mughals (sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries). Eaton brilliantly elaborates the complex encounter between India's Sanskrit culture—an equally rich and transregional complex that continued to flourish and grow throughout this period—and Persian culture, which helped shape the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire, and a host of regional states. This long-term process of cultural interaction is profoundly reflected in the languages, literatures, cuisines, attires, religions, styles of rulership and warfare, science, art, music, and architecture—and more—of South Asia.

About the Author


Richard M. Eaton is Professor of History at the University of Arizona and the author of several groundbreaking books on India before 1800, including the classic The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier.

Praise For…


"A valuable addition to any collection on Mughal history."
— CHOICE

"[A] deeply engaging, erudite, and well-written book."
— Iranian Studies

"A groundbreaking work on the middle period of Indian history. . . . I would highly recommend this work to both general readers and specialists in Indian history."
— World History Encyclopedia

Product Details
ISBN: 9780520325128
ISBN-10: 0520325125
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: September 17th, 2019
Pages: 512
Language: English