The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India

The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India
ISBN-10
0674243919
ISBN-13
9780674243910
Category
History
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2020-01-01
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Supriya Gandhi

Description

Dara Shukoh was the heir-apparent to the Mughal throne in 1659, when he was executed by his brother Aurangzeb. Today Dara is lionized in South Asia, while Aurangzeb, who presided over the beginnings of imperial disintegration, is scorned. Supriya Gandhi’s nuanced biography asks whether the story really would have been different with Dara in power.

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