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<p>In The India of Aurangzib the author attempts to present the topography and statistics of Mughal India which have been gleaned from the Persian works Khulasatu-t-Tawarikh Dastur-al Amal and Chatur Gulshan all of which are in manuscript form. These have been further supplemented by a translation of Abul Fazl’s Ain-i-Akbari as well as by Tieffenthaler’s Geographie d l Indoustan. Additionally facts have been further checked and corroborated against other reliable sources. The author has provided a very detailed comparison between the India under Akbar and the India under Aurangzeb. Revenues of the several provinces of the Mughal period have also been given separately and cover different periods of time. This volume is arranged in two parts: the first part covers the extent of the Mughal Empire its revenue roads and provinces such as Delhi Oudh Orissa Allahabad Khandesh Berar Kashmir Multan Bijapur Bidar and many more. Each of these provinces include details like its history geographical area divisions revenue places of interest crops industries anything special that the province is noted for etc. The second part of the book is further divided into three sections. These sections provide information on the rivers holy sites forts statistics and the like of the provinces that fall under either the section ‘Hindustan’ or ‘Deccan’. The ‘Stages and Distances’ pertain to a few of the royal road and halting places. This well-researched annotated and comprehensive work will appeal to research scholars students and academicians. About the Author Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958) was a scholar of medieval Indian history specializing in Mughal dynasty. He studied at Presidency College Calcutta. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University in 1899 and knighted in 1929.</p>
