The Mughal Empire (The New Cambridge History of India)

The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralized states in the premodern world and this volume traces the history of this magnificent empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. Richards stresses the dynamic quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their institutional innovations in land revenue, coinage and military organization, ideological change and the relationship between the emperors and Islam. He also analyzes institutions particular to the Mughal empire, such as the jagir system, and explores Mughal India's links with the early modern world.

• A History of India: Volume 1 (Penguin History)
• The East India Company, 1600–1858: A Short History with Documents (Passages: Key Moments in History)
• The Bhagavad Gita
• Pakistan: Eye of the Storm, 3rd edition
• The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan, New Edition
• Iran Under the Safavids
• Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire
• India before Europe
• The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800
• The Pacific War: 1931-1945 (Pantheon Asia Library)