01796nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801320007608200150020810000180022324501040024126000550034530000260040036500100042652008570043665000230129365000200131665000300133670000170136694200090138399900170139295201450140920261025113536.0261025b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781009506526  a: International Book Distributorsb: Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi.c: 123256d: 21/10/2026  a332.10 SHE  aSheth, Sudev.  aBankrolling Empireb: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India.c/ Sudev Sheth.  a, New Delhib: Cambridge University Pressc, 2024.  axxiii, 353p.c: 24cm.  b521.5  aBy 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.  aBankrolling Empire  aFamily Fortunes  aPolitical Transformation   aSudev Sheth.  cBOOK  c70925d70925  00102ddc4070aSNULbSNULd2026-10-25eInternational Book Distributorg521.50l0o332.10 SHEp31923r2026-10-25 11:35:50w2026-10-25yBOOK