T I M E L I N E
== Very
helpful timeline, with maps, by the *Metropolitan Museum*
M A P S
== Links to
some maps from the Mughal period: *Columbia Univ.*
I M A G E S
== "A walk
beside the Yamuna," about Mughal monuments,
including the Taj Mahal: *Univ. of Illinois*
== Many
links, compiled here at Columbia, to art and
architecture from *Akbar's time*; from the prime
of the *Mughal empire*; and from the
time of *Mughal decline*; NOTE: these
files may contain many dead links; they will be
fixed in due course.
== Some
sumptuous Mughal coins: *RBI*
T E X T S
== John F.
Richards, "Early Modern India and World History": *Columbia Univ.*
== A Turkish
traveler at Humayun's court: Sidi Ali Reis, Mirat
ul-Memalak: *Columbia Univ.*
== Excerpts
from the Humayun-nama by Gulbadan Begam: *Columbia Univ.*
== The
British perspective on the Mughal Empire: *the Imperial Gazetteer*
== "Akbar,"
a special issue ofSocial Scientist (1992): *DSAL*
== M. Athar
Ali, "The Evolution of the Perception of India:
Akbar and Abu'l Fazl." Social Scientist
(1996): *DSAL*
== Gregory
Minissale, "The Synthesis of European and Mughal
Art, in the Emperor Akbar's Khamsa of
Nizami," beautifully illustrated: *Asianart.com*
== Prof.
Vinay Lal, "Aurangzeb, Akbar, and the
Communalization of History": *Manas*
==
"Aurangzeb's Fatwa on Jizya," a translation of the
edict: *Manas*
==
"Jurisprudence of the Moguls: The Pandects of
Aurungzebe" (1850): *Cornell Univ. library*
== Cole, J.
R. I., Roots of North Indian Shi'ism in Iran and
Iraq: Religion and State in Awadh, 1722-1859
(1988): *Univ. of California Press*
== Keene,
Henry George, Fall of the Moghul Empire of
Hindustan (London: Oxford University Press,
1887): *Project Gutenberg*
== Links to
many other resources on Islam in South Asia: *Columbia Univ.*