Emperors of the Peacock Throne: The Saga of the Great Mughals

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In December 1525, Zahir-ud-din Babur, descended from Chengiz Khan and Timur Lenk, crossed the Indus river into the Punjab with a modest army and some cannon. At Panipat, five months later, he fought the most important battle of his life and routed the mammoth army of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, the Afghan ruler of Hindustan. Mughal rule in India had begun. It was to continue for over three centuries, shaping India for all time. In this definitive biography of the great Mughals, Abraham Eraly reclaims the right to set down history as a chronicle of flesh-and-blood people. Bringing to his task the objectivity of a scholar and the high imagination of a master story-teller, he recreates the lives of Babur, the intrepid pioneer; the dreamer Humayun; Akbar, the greatest and most enigmatic of the Mughals, the aesthetes Jehangir and Shah Jahan: and the dour and determined Aurangzeb.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abraham Eraly

Abraham Eraly was born in Kerala and was educated there and in Chennai. He has taught Indian history in colleges in India and the United States, and was the editor of a current affairs magazine for several years.

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Title
Emperors of the Peacock Throne: The Saga of the Great Mughals
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
0141001437
Length
xiii+555p.
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