Later Mughals : Their Decline and British Ascent
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This is hitherto the most comprehensive book on later Mughals, their decline and the rise of the British power in India. Textbooks of medieval and modern history usually devote just a couple of chapters to the later Mughals. On the other hand, the books of the 19th century British scholars are basically in the form of one long narrative—more as vast collections of stories, incidents and trivial details rather than analyses. The usual textbooks not only lack in detail; they make no attempt at analysis of the historical and military factors that were responsible for the developments. This book addresses the shortcomings of both—textbooks as well as the reference works of past.
Covering the entire period from the death of Aurangzeb to the Mutiny of 1857, it contains, amongst other things, a vast quantity of material on:
· Role of Aurangzeb in the decline of the Mughal empire
· Bahadur Shah I
· The Rajput and Sikh revolts
· Jahandar Shah; Farrukhsiyar and the Sayyid brothers
· Muhammad Shah and the Nizam-ul-Mulk
· The rise of the Marathas
· The invasion of Nadir Shah
· Mughal emperor Ahmad Shah and the invasions of Ahmad Shah Abdali
· Alamgir II and Shah Alam II
· The Third Battle of Panipat
· Armies of the later Mughals
· Various reasons of the decline of the Mughal empire
· The East India Company, its wars and exploitation
· The 1857 Mutiny; reasons of occurrence and analysis of critical battles
· Bahadur Shah Zafar
This book will be immensely useful to students of history, research scholars, professors, media persons and even lay men interested in the history of a critical period of our nation.
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| Author | N.C. Asthana, IPS & Anjali Nirmal |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 978-81-7132-778-2 |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Pages | xvii+314 |
| Publication Year | 2014 |
| Publisher | Pointer Publishers |