· Rating details · 67 ratings · 10 reviews. Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal rule essential to the empire's survival. This history begins with the invitation of Brahman and Jain intellectuals to King Akbar's court in the s, then /5. · Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court. New York, NY, Colombia University Press, , ISBN: ; pp.; Price: £ It is becoming increasingly clear that our understanding of the Mughal Empire, and early modern empires in general, is benefiting greatly from work dedicated to overcoming preconceptions of power, authority and imperial culture. Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court / Audrey Truschke. Author/Creator: Truschke, Audrey author. Publication: New York, NY: Columbia University Press, [] Format/Description: Book 1 online resource: 10 black and white illustrations Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines.
Audrey Truschke. Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. $, cloth, ISBN Reviewed by Supriya Gandhi Published on H-Asia (December, ) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin) If a Kayastha or a Khatri in the late eigh‐. 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. Focused on the rich tradition of Sanskrit literary production and culture at the Mughal court that ruled South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries, Audrey Truschke's Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court is a timely addition to scholarship on early modern empires and encounter-based approaches to South Asian historical research. At the time of the book's publication, Indian.
Audrey Truschke. · Rating details · 67 ratings · 10 reviews. Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal rule essential to the empire's survival. This history begins with the. Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal rule essential to the empire's survival. This history begins with the invitation of Brahman and Jain intellectuals to King Akbar's court in the. In Culture of Encounters, Audrey Truschke makes a compelling argument for the importance of Sanskrit and Sanskrit intellectuals in the Mughal www.doorway.rugh 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.
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