The Last Spring Part II Life in India’s Last Golden Age

Previously published as The Mughal World In April 1526 Babur and his modest army crushed the mammoth forces of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat marking the beginning of the Mughal Empire. In Part Two of this chronicle of the Great Mughals Eraly looks beyond the momentous historical events to portray the agony and ecstasy of life in Mughal India. Meticulously researched and lucidly narrated Eraly offers rare insights into the empire's economy religious policies and military tactics as well as art literature and secret harems taking the reader through a lively panorama of everyday life in the Mughal Empire.