Shahjahanabad: The Sovereign City in Mughal India 1639-1739

by Stephen P. Blake

Book Overview

From 1400 to 1750, Asian capital cities were often ruled in such a way that they became symbols of the power and influence their emperors extended over their states at large. These 'sovereign cities' became the empire in miniature. Shahjahanabad is the first study of a pre-modern Indian city (Old Delhi) as a sovereign city. Stephen Blake explores the way in which the emperors' and nobles' palaces and mansions dominated the landscape; how cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521522994
• ISBN13: 9780521522991
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"