Conceit of the globe in Mughal visual practice

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 751-782

  Ramaswamy, Sumathi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOVEREIGNTY; SYMBOLISM; VISUALIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 42049112363     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417507000758     Document Type: Article

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