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Article: The New Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Empire.
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- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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by John E Richards. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1993. xvi, 320 pp. $44.95 U.S.
In twelve chapters of his book, The Mughal Empire, John Richards encapsulates a very complex panorama of the Mughal emperors: their revenue management, their unceasing conquests, their personal idiosyncrasies, their vast building activities, and their eventual downfall. He has succeeded brilliantly. Without wasting much efforts detailing the ineffectual reigns of Babur and Humayun, Richards quickly goes on to analyze Akbar's (1556-1605) centralized administrative and revenue systems, his military achievements, and his role in institutionalizing the Mughal political ideology. As ...