Writing self, writing empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the cultural world of the Indo-Persian state secretary /
"Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or Munshi, Chandar Bhan 'Brahman' (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan's life spanned the reigns of four di...
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| Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2015]
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| Serie: | South Asia across the disciplines.
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Sommario:
- Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court
- Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective
- A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance
- King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm
- Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters
- Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world
- The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline
- Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography.