The Peacock Throne: The Drama of Mogul India

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1986 - History - 560 pages
Epics of history are rare and The Peacock Throne is one of them. No royal lineage offers such a spectacle of high drama as the Mogul Dynasty of India which created the world`s most famous monument-the Taj Mahal. Not since Greek tradedy has there been so stark a revelation of the excesses of human behavior: incest, fratricide sons revolting continuously against fathers and the madness of uncontrolled aggression. These are the forces animating The Peacock Throne which brings India to both Eastern and Western readers as never before.

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Contents

The Taj Mahal
1
A Note on Dates and Names
9
Cockcrow in Rajputana
20
Intermezzo at Agra
93
A Voice from the Womb
106
The Smell of Apples
116
Martial Airs
131
9
144
Pursuit in the Punjab
280
Enigma in Arakan
303
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF TIMUR
329
24
370
A La Tour Abolie
413
Two Sisters
435
This Stupendous Caravan of Sin
467
Epilogue
488

10
161
Paradise on Earth
178
12
195
An Invasion of Cobras
210
The Crystal Tower
228
The Battle of Samugarh
244
A Game of Finesse
258
A Lovers Farewell
270
Acknowledgments
495
67
501
93
517
116
524
160
548
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554
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