Books like A bibliography of Mughal India (1526-1707 A.D.) by Sri Ram Sharma

An authoritative survey of India's past, exploring cultural, religious, artistic, and literary developments before modern European contact.

An in‑depth examination of the Mughal Empire in India, covering its rise in 1526 through the mid‑eighteenth century and its lasting influence on contemporary India.

The Mughal emperors were larger-than-life figures, men written on a supra-human scale who exercised absolute power. The three centuries of their rule mark one of the most crucial and fascinating periods of Indian history. This study looks beyond the story of the empire's rise and fall—an exotic growth that was transplanted to India from Islamic Persia—to bring the world of the Mughal ruler and Hindu subject vividly into focus. Blending contemporary sources and detailed description, an India full of strangeness and contrast is introduced: sacred harems and suttee rites, brutal war and cultural and artistic refinement, staggering opulence, deviant indulgences, and abject poverty. The bizarre religious cults, the Mughal fondness for formal gardening, the murderous female bandits, the sex lives of the nobles, and beyond—almost every aspect of life is examined, making this a comprehensive and absorbing introduction to India's last Golden Age.