ABSTRACT

Mughal Warfare offers a much-needed new survey of the military history of Mughal India during the age of imperial splendour from 1500 to 1700. Jos Gommans looks at warfare as an integrated aspect of pre-colonial Indian society.Based on a vast range of primary sources from Europe and India, this thorough study explores the wider geo-political, cultu

chapter |6 pages

Int roduc t ion

chapter 1|32 pages

The Indian frontier

chapter 2|28 pages

War-band and court

chapter 3|32 pages

The military labour market

chapter 4|34 pages

Camp, warhorse and elephant

chapter |36 pages

For t s, guns and sa ils

chapter 6|32 pages

The limits of empire

chapter |6 pages

Conc lus ion and epi logue

chapter |2 pages

The Mughal dynas ty 1526–1712

chapter |32 pages

Notes

chapter |16 pages

Bibl iography