Preface and Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration and Other Scholarly Conventions
Introduction: The Mughal Culture of Power
1. Brahman and Jain Sanskrit Intellectuals at the Mughal Court
2. Sanskrit Textual Production for the Mughals
3. Many Persian Maha bharatas for Akbar
4. Abu al-Fazl Redefines Islamicate Knowledge and Akbar's Sovereignty
5. Writing About the Mughal World in Sanskrit
6. Incorporating Sanskrit Into the Persianate World
Conclusion: Power, Literature, and Early Modernity
Appendix 1: Bilingual Example Sentences in Krsnadasa's Parasiprakasa (Light on Persian)
Appendix 2: Four Sanskrit Verses Transliterated in the Razmna mah (Book of War)
Notes
Bibliography
Index