01639nam a22002297a 4500 20261025113536.0 261025b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781009506526 : International Book Distributors : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi. : 123256 : 21/10/2026 332.10 SHE Sheth, Sudev. Bankrolling Empire : Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India. / Sudev Sheth. , New Delhi : Cambridge University Press , 2024. xxiii, 353p. : 24cm. 521.5 By the 1660s, the mighty Mughal Empire controlled the Indian subcontinent and impressed the world with its strength and opulence. Yet hardly two decades would pass before fortunes would turn, Mughal kings and governors losing influence to rival warlords and foreign powers. How could leaders of one of the most dominant early modern polities lose their grip over empire? Sudev Sheth proposes a new point of departure, focusing on diverse local and hitherto unexplored evidence about a prominent financier family entrenched in bankrolling Mughal elites and their successors. Analyzing how four generations of the Jhaveri family of Gujarat financed politics, he offers a fresh take on the dissolution of the Mughal empire, the birth of princely successor states, and the nature of economic life in the days leading up to the colonial domination of India. Bankrolling Empire Family Fortunes Political Transformation Sudev Sheth. BOOK 70925 70925 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2026-10-25 International Book Distributor 521.50 0 332.10 SHE 31923 2026-10-25 11:35:50 2026-10-25 BOOK