About the Book: Text and Tradition in Early Modern North India
Early modern India—a period extending from the fifteenth to the late eighteenth
century—saw dramatic cultural, religious, and political changes as it went from
Sultanate to Mughal to early colonial rule. Witness to the rise of multiple
literary and devotional traditions, this period was characterized by immense
political energy and cultural vibrancy.
Text and Tradition in Early Modern North India brings together recent
scholarship on the languages, literatures, and religious traditions of northern
India. It focuses on the rise of vernacular languages as vehicles for literary
expression and historical and religious self-assertion, and particularly attends
to ways in