This book is a path-breaking work in that it departs from the popular norm of viewing history mainly through Persian historiography. It is the first detailed study of the so-called vernaculars, in this case the Braja poetry, as source material, so far neglected by both, the literati and the historians, in the context of Mughal north India. The literature, in the form of drama and Braja bhasha poetry, provides evidence of regional diversities and varied patterns of historical developments in medieval north India as well as a dynamism in the political and socio-cultural spheres in pre-modern India.

ISBN 13: 9789386552723

ISBN 10: 9386552728

Year: 2018

Language: ENGLISH

Pages etc.: x,242p., (16)col. pls., bibl., ind., 25cm.

Binding: Paperback

Subject(s): History, Sociology