Shahjahanabad: The Sovereign City in Mughal India 1639-1739
(Part of the Cambridge South Asian Studies Series)
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From 1400 to 1750, Asian capital cities were often ruled in such a way that they became symbols of the power and influence their emperors extended over their states at large. These 'sovereign cities' became the empire in miniature. Shahjahanabad is the first study of a pre-modern Indian city (Old Delhi) as a sovereign city. Stephen Blake explores the way in which the emperors' and nobles' palaces and mansions dominated the landscape; how cultural...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521522994
ISBN13:9780521522991
Release Date:April 2002
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.99 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"
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