Synopsis" The Book of Indian Kings comprises stories and essays about some of the greatest rulers and statesmen in the history of India. Beginning with an essay on one of the country’s iconic rulers, the Mauryan emperor, Ashoka, by our greatest living historian, Romila Thapar, this volume brings together some of the finest writers of our time on a glittering array of monarchs, including Salman Rushdie on Emperor Akbar, Khushwant Singh on Maharaja Ranjit Singh, William Dalrymple on Bahadur Shah Zafar, Rajmohan Gandhi on Tipu Sultan, Jadunath Sarkar on Chhatrapati Shivaji, and Manu S. Pillai on Krishnadeva Raya.
The Emergence of Empire: Mauryan India by Romila Thapar
The First Hindu Empire by Abraham Eraly
Raja Raja Chozhar by Kalki
Krishnadeva Raya by Manu S. Pillai
The Shelter of the World by Salman Rushdie
Shivaji and His Times by Jadunath Sarkar
Tipu Sultan by Rajmohan Gandhi
The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab by Khushwant Singh
Madhavrao Scindia by Vir Sanghvi and Namita Bhandare
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Binding: HardBack
About the author
"Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a novelist and essayist. Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western world.
His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwa (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically. In June 2007, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor for ""services to literature"", which ""thrilled and humbled"" him. In 2007, he began a five-year term as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emory University"