Audrey Truschke is associate professor of history at Rutgers University–Newark. She is the author of Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India’s Most Controversial King (2017).

In Culture of Encounters, Audrey Truschke makes a compelling argument for the importance of Sanskrit and Sanskrit intellectuals in the Mughal court. Although certain aspects of these 'encounters' have been researched before, Truschke's work is more comprehensive, and her precise textual analyses go further than any others so far. This is an important and impressive work that should change the field of Mughal studies.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and Other Scholarly ConventionsIntroduction: The Mughal Culture of Power1. Brahman and Jain Sanskrit Intellectuals at the Mughal Court2. Sanskrit Textual Production for the Mughals3. Many Persian Maha bharatas for Akbar4. Abu al-Fazl Redefines Islamicate Knowledge and Akbar's Sovereignty5. Writing About the Mughal World in Sanskrit6. Incorporating Sanskrit Into the Persianate WorldConclusion: Power, Literature, and Early ModernityAppendix 1: Bilingual Example Sentences in Krsnadasa's Parasiprakasa (Light on Persian)Appendix 2: Four Sanskrit Verses Transliterated in the Razmna mah (Book of War)NotesBibliographyIndex

Audrey Truschke is associate professor of history at Rutgers University–Newark. She is the author of Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India’s Most Controversial King (2017).

In Culture of Encounters, Audrey Truschke makes a compelling argument for the importance of Sanskrit and Sanskrit intellectuals in the Mughal court. Although certain aspects of these 'encounters' have been researched before, Truschke's work is more comprehensive, and her precise textual analyses go further than any others so far. This is an important and impressive work that should change the field of Mughal studies.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and Other Scholarly ConventionsIntroduction: The Mughal Culture of Power1. Brahman and Jain Sanskrit Intellectuals at the Mughal Court2. Sanskrit Textual Production for the Mughals3. Many Persian Maha bharatas for Akbar4. Abu al-Fazl Redefines Islamicate Knowledge and Akbar's Sovereignty5. Writing About the Mughal World in Sanskrit6. Incorporating Sanskrit Into the Persianate WorldConclusion: Power, Literature, and Early ModernityAppendix 1: Bilingual Example Sentences in Krsnadasa's Parasiprakasa (Light on Persian)Appendix 2: Four Sanskrit Verses Transliterated in the Razmna mah (Book of War)NotesBibliographyIndex

Audrey Truschke is associate professor of history at Rutgers University–Newark. She is the author of Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India’s Most Controversial King (2017).

In Culture of Encounters, Audrey Truschke makes a compelling argument for the importance of Sanskrit and Sanskrit intellectuals in the Mughal court. Although certain aspects of these 'encounters' have been researched before, Truschke's work is more comprehensive, and her precise textual analyses go further than any others so far. This is an important and impressive work that should change the field of Mughal studies.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and Other Scholarly ConventionsIntroduction: The Mughal Culture of Power1. Brahman and Jain Sanskrit Intellectuals at the Mughal Court2. Sanskrit Textual Production for the Mughals3. Many Persian Maha bharatas for Akbar4. Abu al-Fazl Redefines Islamicate Knowledge and Akbar's Sovereignty5. Writing About the Mughal World in Sanskrit6. Incorporating Sanskrit Into the Persianate WorldConclusion: Power, Literature, and Early ModernityAppendix 1: Bilingual Example Sentences in Krsnadasa's Parasiprakasa (Light on Persian)Appendix 2: Four Sanskrit Verses Transliterated in the Razmna mah (Book of War)NotesBibliographyIndex