| History of India, in Nine Volumes: Vol. IV - Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great Contributor(s): Lane-Poole, Stanley (Author), Jackson, A. V. Williams (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1605204978 ISBN-13: 9781605204970 Publisher: Cosimo Classics OUR PRICE: $31.34 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (18621937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume IV, Part 2 of Medi]val India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great, by British scholar STANLEY LANE-POOLE (1854-1931), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: [ the united empire of Akbar the Great [ Akbars reforms: the divine faith [ the great Moghul and European travellers [ Shah Jahan the Magnificent [ Aurangzib, the puritan emperor [ the fall of the Moghul empire [ and much more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.39 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - Asian |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862-1937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume IV, Part 2 of Medi val India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great, by British scholar STANLEY LANE-POOLE (1854-1931), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: - the united empire of Akbar the Great - Akbar's reforms: the divine faith - the great Moghul and European travellers - Shah Jahan the Magnificent - Aurangzib, the puritan emperor - the fall of the Moghul empire - and much more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations. |