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Visions of Mughal India : an anthology of European travel writing

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Visions of Mughal India : an anthology of European travel writing

The Mughal Empire, which conquered and ruled virtually all of today's India, Pakistan and Bangladesh over several centuries, created one of the richest and most colourful of all historical periods. Peoples of different cultures - including Muslims, Christians, Hindus and others, originating from Iran, Central Asia, Europe and South Asia itself worked, traded and travelled throughout the Empire, contributing to its dynamism and power. A few of the Europeans who began crisscrossing the roads of Mughal India wrote, in the forms of diaries, letters and travelogues, about the people and lands they encountered.This illuminating and carefully chosen anthology contains a collection of among the best writings by European travellers from England, Italy, Russia, France, Spain and Portugal as they journeyed the length and breadth of the Empire over a 200-year period )1471-1671(. Their experiences and observations form fascinating and informative visions of travel and life in India during this period and provide invaluable contributions to our understanding of life there at the time.

London ; New York

I.B. Tauris

2007

xv, 219 p. : maps ; 25 cm

Includes index

ISBN: 9781845113544

edited by Michael H. Fisher ; preface by William Dalrymple

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Travel -- Mogul Empire ، Europeans

، Travelers' writings, European

Description and travel -- Early works to 0081 ، Mogul Empire

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AU Fisher, Michael Herbert 1950-

AU Dalrymple, William