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The Emperor Who Never Was

Dara Shukoh in Mughal India

Supriya Gandhi

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$33.00 • £28.95 • €30.95

ISBN 9780674987296

Publication Date: 01/07/2020

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352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

18 photos, 1 map

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Supriya Gandhi is a historian of Mughal India and Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at Yale University.

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On the podcast The Seen and the Unseen, listen to Supriya Gandhi push back against the popular understanding of Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb as “Good Muslim versus Bad Muslim,” arguing that there are no easy binaries
At a May 2020 online event hosted by the Jaipur Literature Festival, watch Gandhi discuss with Ira Mukhoty the story of the two most loved Mughals—and why is there so much ambiguity about the Mughals in India today
Read an excerpt from The Emperor Who Never Was at Scroll
At The Indian Express, read an interview with Supriya Gandhi on why modern concepts can’t be read into the past, history as battleground, and the true story of the heavily romanticized Mughal prince
Read a MiD DAY (Mumbai) interview with Gandhi
Watch Gandhi discuss Darah Shukoh with The Wire’s Rana Safvi
At The Indian Express, read Gandhi on Dara Shukoh’s support of efforts to translate the Upanishads to Persian—an example of the closely intertwined histories of Sanskrit, Persian, and Urdu
Read a Times of India Q&A with Gandhi

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