{"product_id":"culture-of-encounters-9780231173636","title":"Culture of Encounters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCulture of Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. -- Francesca Orsini, SOAS, University of London\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable achievement. Exploiting a substantial archive of Sanskrit materials, Truschke reveals a vibrantly multicultural Mughal court, one more thoroughly Indian than is commonly thought, owing to its close engagement with the land's oldest literary culture. -- Richard M. Eaton, University of Arizona\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultures of Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e is a breakthrough in modern scholarship on the history and culture of South Asia. This absorbing account of the interaction of Persian and Sanskrit offers a powerful corrective to conventional one-sided narratives. -- Carl W. Ernst, University of North Carolina\u003cbr\u003eA welcome and much-needed intervention in the field. . . . [Truschke] should be congratulated for her important contribution. * Journal of Early Modern History *\u003cbr\u003eThe impressive breadth of Truschke’s research in multiple archives and her clear analysis of a challenging subject makes this a notable contribution to Mughal and Sanskrit literary history. * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003eTruschke excels at presenting complex phenomena in a subtle and thorough manner. A clear line of argumentation binds the book's variegated tapestry together. The prose, moreover, is readable and elegant. * H-Asia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulture of Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e represents a major advance in our understanding of South Asian political culture and should be read by all of those with a serious interest in the pre-colonial era. The convincing evidence of Sanskrit’s significance in the multicultural and multilinguistic milieu of the Mughal court it contains will certainly guide future research; its arguments and interpretations are likewise sure to stimulate further debate on the elite culture of the Mughal empire. -- Cynthia Talbot * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *\u003cbr\u003eThe benefits of this book make it richly worth the while of cultural  historians of Mughal India and literary scholars of precolonial Persian,  Sanskrit, and South Asian vernacular literatures. * International Journal of Middle East Studies *\u003cbr\u003eI highly recommend \u003ci\u003eCulture of Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e as not only an innovative study of Mughal courtly aesthetic culture but also for its ability to foster a greater interest in questions of the construction of sovereignty and political theology in early modern India. Libraries at any institution of higher education need to have this book on its shelves. -- Caleb Simmons * New Books Asia *\u003cbr\u003eIf ever a book needed no justification for its publication, that book is Culture of Encounters by Audrey Truschke. In short, this book provides a much needed new and comprehensive analysis of Sanskrit textual production (and the Persian appraisal of it) at the Mughal court. -- Ali Anooshahr University of California, Davis * Journal of Early Modern History *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is extremely rich and is important on many levels. . . . Libraries at any institution of higher education need to have this book on its shelves. * New Books Asia *\u003cbr\u003eAn important intervention in the larger field of Mughal history. * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Transliteration and Other Scholarly Conventions\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Mughal Culture of Power\u003cbr\u003e1. Brahman and Jain Sanskrit Intellectuals at the Mughal Court\u003cbr\u003e2. Sanskrit Textual Production for the Mughals\u003cbr\u003e3. Many Persian \u003ci\u003eMaha bharatas\u003c\/i\u003e for Akbar\u003cbr\u003e4. Abu al-Fazl Redefines Islamicate Knowledge and Akbar's Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e5. Writing About the Mughal World in Sanskrit\u003cbr\u003e6. Incorporating Sanskrit Into the Persianate World\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Power, Literature, and Early Modernity\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Bilingual Example Sentences in Krsnadasa's \u003ci\u003eParasiprakasa\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLight on Persian\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Four Sanskrit Verses Transliterated in the \u003ci\u003eRazmna mah\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBook of War\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400297161047,"sku":"9780231173636","price":20.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/culture-of-encounters-9780231173636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}