Most of us still have questions about the way history was taught in school: ruler, kingdom, war and the duration of his reign, over and over. Though Bhagmati by Moupia Basu is a well-researched book offering a view of the kingdom from the gaze of writers, poets, travellers and courtiers, it still retains certain elements of how history has been narrowed down to the story of a king’s rule. The topic of the book is enviable: a history of how Hyderabad came to be. And as such, it is celebrated and falls back on a plethora of texts in Urdu and otherwise to provide a holistic view of the creation of a city.
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