The eighteen essays comprising this volume make a comprehensive study of the reign of the controversial Mughal Emperor, Aurangzib. The book explores the emperor’s relationship with his sons and daughters, Treats in detail Aurangzib`s officers in roads into Bengal, Orissa And Chatgaon, and discusses two contemporary histories, commendable for their objectivity by Bhimsen and Ishwar Das. A discussion on the industry and foreign commerce of the time is followed by a commentary on the letters of Aurangzib, which were Jadunath Sarkar’s main sources Of Historiography.
