Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration and Other Scholarly Conventions xv
5. Introduction: The Mughal Culture of Power 1
6. [1] Brahman and Jain Sanskrit Intellectuals at The Mughal Court 27
7. [2] Sanskrit Textual Production for The Mughals 64
8. [3] Many Persian Mahābhāratas For Akbar 101
9. [4] Abū Al-Faz̤l Redefines Islamicate Knowledge And Akbar's Sovereignty 142
10. [5] Writing About The Mughal World in Sanskrit 166
11. [6] Incorporating Sanskrit Into The Persianate World 203
12. Conclusion: Power, Literature, and Early Modernity 229
13. Appendix 1: Bilingual Example Sentences in Kṛṣṇadāsa’s Pārasīprakāśa (Light on Persian) 249
14. Appendix 2: Four Sanskrit Verses Transliterated in the Razmnāmah (Book of War) 251
15. Notes 253
16. Bibliography 315
17. Index 343