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This book on the city of Agra makes a close examination of this medieval Indian urban centre that grew into a multifunctional town completely outside of the supposed agenda or impact of Turkish rule, as well as European influence. This enquiry uncovers possible deliberations in the evaluation of a settlement that was unknown in the sixteenth century, but which was to develop into an alternate prominent political centre in northern India. It is argued that while ...
Departing significantly from existing approaches this work forcefully argues that both the division of the Mughal empire into Subas (provinces) of varying size and potential and the merging of three geographically different regions into Suba Agra were strongly motivated by a desire to carve out a core region for the Empire that surpassed all other units in productivity and at the same time had the territorial reach that enabled it to influence other regions. At ...