Eraly A. The Mughal World. Life in India's Golden Age

New Dehli, India: Penguin Books, 2007. — 420 p.Abraham Early is the author of two critically acclaimed books on Indian history, The Last Spring: The Lives of the Great Mughals (1997) and Gem in the Lotus: The Seeding of Indian Civilisation (2000). His other books include Night of the Dark Trees: A Novel and Tales Once Told: Legends of Kerala, both published in 2006.Born in Kerala and educated there and in Chennai, Eraly has tought Indian history in colleges in India and the United States, and was the editor of a current affairs magazine for some years. He now lives in Chennai, and is working on a study of classical Indian civilization.Prologue: The Mughal saga.
The Land and the People.
The Land.
The People.
The Right Royal Lifestyle.
The Emperor at Work.
A Movable City.
The Emperor at Play.
Living and Partly Living.
Lordly Fireflies.
The Amir at Home.
The Amir at Play.
Life at the Bottom.
Gilded and Other Cages.
The Imperial Harem.
The Gilded Cage.
The Woman's Lot.
Producers and Predators.
The Poor Rich Country.
The Peasant's Lot.
The Whip and the Artisan.
Hamstrung Trade.
Masters and Slaves.
The Alien Face.
Anatomy of the Empire.
All the Emperor's Men.
Sacred Laws, Profane Justice.
The Royal Revenue Squeeze.
Pearls and Pebbles.
The Razor's Edge.
The Ocean of Nectar.
Sword is God.
Cultural Melange.
A Crore for a Song.
The Last Spring.
Epilogue: The Mughal Legacy.
Incidental Data.
Notes.