01578nam a2200193 i 4500008004100000020001800041040000800059082001700067100002200084245007900106260005300185300003000238336002600268337002800294338002700322500002000349520100300369650001201372240306s1993    xx b          001 0 und d  a0-521-25119-2  aGCL  a954.025bRIC10aRichards, John F 40aThe New Cambridge History Of India :bThe Mughal Empire /cJohn F Richards  aNEW York, bCambridge  University Press :c1993.  bhbk.a319 Pages :c22 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes Index.  aThe Mughal empire was one of the largest centralised states in pre-modern world history. It was founded in the early 1500s and by the end of the following century the Mughal emperor ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent with a population of between 100 and 150 millions. The Mughal emperors displayed immense wealth and the ceremonies, music, poetry, and exquisitely executed paintings and objects of the imperial court created a distinctive aristocratic high culture. In this volume, Professor John Richards traces the history of this magnificent empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. He stresses the dynamic quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their institutional innovation in land revenue, coinage and military organization, ideological change and the relationship between the emperors and Islam. Professor Richards also analyses institutions particular to the Mughal empire, such as the jagir system, and explores Mughal India's links with the early modern world.  aHistory