THE EMPEROR'S GENERAL : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF RAJA MAN SINGH OF AMBER (HARDCOVER)
In sixteenth-century India, as the Mughal Empire reached its height under Akbar, one Rajput prince stood at the centre of its battles and politics—Raja Man Singh of Amber. Both a loyal commander and Akbar’s beloved ‘farzand’ (son), Man Singh bridged two worlds: the proud martial traditions of the Rajputs and the expanding ambitions of the Mughals. From the banks of the Indus to the fields of Haldighati, from Kabul’s mountain passes to Bengal’s swamps, Man Singh’s career was a relentless sequence of campaigns, alliances, and acts of statesmanship that secured and expanded an empire. Yet his story is not confined to the battlefield. It is also the tale of a builder and patron, who commissioned celebrated temples in Vrindavan and Varanasi, and transformed Amber into a thriving seat of art and architecture.