Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire 1500û1700
, by J J L GOMMANS; INSTITUT KERN T- ISBN: 9780415239882 | 0415239885
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/18/2002
Based on a vast range of primary sources from Europe and India, this thorough study explores the wider geo-political, cultural and institutional context of the Mughal military. It also details practical and technological aspects of combat, such as gunpowder technologies and the animals used in battle. It's comparative analysis throws new light on much-contested theories of gunpowder empires and the spread of the military revolution.