The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Indo-Muslim Rule

by Audrey Truschke

Book Overview

For over five hundred years, Muslim dynasties ruled parts of northern and central India, starting with the Ghurids in the 1190s through the fracturing of the Mughal Empire in the early eighteenth century. Scholars have long drawn upon works written in Persian and Arabic about this epoch, yet they have neglected the many histories that India's learned elite wrote about Indo-Muslim rule in Sanskrit. These works span the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231197055
• ISBN13: 9780231197052
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"