Between the 14th and 19th centuries, when women’s journeys across the Indian Ocean were rarely documented, Mughal emperor ...

Often regarded as one of the most powerful women in Mughal history, Nur Jahan effectively co-ruled the empire, issuing royal decrees, controlling trade, and even leading military strategies.

The British East India Company began to seize lands to gain control of trade and wealth. In 1857, the Mughal Empire was formerly dissolved by the British when they made India part of their empire.

In this book, unlike in her debut Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History, Mukhoty aspires to create a revisionist history of the Mughal empire through the use of less-popular texts by and ...