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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Päätekijä: Kinra, Rajeev (Tekijä)
Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen E-kirja
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Sarja:South Asia across the disciplines.
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Sisällysluettelo:
  • 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.