This second edition of the bestselling India before Europe covers the political developments and rich cultural life of the subcontinent from the twelfth through mid-eighteenth centuries in more depth than any other text. It explores art, architecture, material culture, literature, and religious movements, as well as trade and travel.
This second edition of the bestselling India before Europe covers the political developments and rich cultural life of the subcontinent from the twelfth through mid-eighteenth centuries in more depth than any other text. It explores art, architecture, material culture, literature, and religious movements, as well as trade and travel.
Catherine B. Asher is an art historian, focusing on the interaction between Muslims and non-Muslims. She has served as President of the Historians of Islamic Art, Vice President of the College Art Association and Chair of the CAA International Committee as well as Chair of the CAA Publications Committee. She has been Treasurer of the American Council for Southern Asian Art and Chair of the American Institute of Indian Studies Center for Art and Archaeology. Her publications include Delhi's Qutb Complex: The Minar, Mosque and Mehrauli (Marg Foundation); The Architecture of Mughal India (Cambridge University Press); and Perceptions of South Asia's Visual Past (American Institute of Indian Studies).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface; Glossary; Place names: alternative spellings; 1. Introduction: situating India; 2. The expansion of Turkic power, 1180 1350; 3. Southern India in the age of Vijayanagara, 1350 1550; 4. North India between empires: history, society, and culture, 1350 1550; 5. Sixteenth-century north India: empire reformulated; 6. Expanding political and economic spheres, 1550 1650; 7. Elite cultures in seventeenth-century South Asia; 8. Challenging central authority, 1650 1750; 9. Changing socio-economic formations, 1650 1750; Epilogue; Biographical notes; Bibliography; Index.
Preface; Glossary; Place names: alternative spellings; 1. Introduction: situating India; 2. The expansion of Turkic power, 1180 1350; 3. Southern India in the age of Vijayanagara, 1350 1550; 4. North India between empires: history, society, and culture, 1350 1550; 5. Sixteenth-century north India: empire reformulated; 6. Expanding political and economic spheres, 1550 1650; 7. Elite cultures in seventeenth-century South Asia; 8. Challenging central authority, 1650 1750; 9. Changing socio-economic formations, 1650 1750; Epilogue; Biographical notes; Bibliography; Index.
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