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<p>Father Antoni de Monserrate (15361600) was a Catalan Jesuit monk who travelled to India and Central Asia and was part of Jesuit delegation who visited Emperor Akbar’s court. He visited Delhi the Himalayas Himachal Pradesh Kashmir Punjab and the foothills of Tibet to Afghanistan. This book is the English translation of the Latin version of Mongolicæ Legationis Commentarius containing the description of Fr. Monserrate’s encounters in Akbar’s imperial court at Fatehpur Sikri in the mid1570s. He narrates the genealogy from Timur and Genghis Khan till contemporary times. He records the regions cultures and traditions followed in the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia. This book helps in understanding the Mughal Empire from a European perspective. About the Author J.S. Hoyland (18871957) was a Quaker missionary and worked as a missionary from 1912 to 1926. He was educated at Cambridge and Hartford Seminary School of Missions. He authored books like Indian Dawn Prayers for a OneYearOld A Brief History of Civilisation Digging with the Unemployed The Case for India etc. S.N. Banerjee was a professor of History at Mahindra College Patiala Punjab.</p>
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