Tughlaq

By:

Karnad, Girish

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford University Press New Delhi 2023Description: xxvii, 116 pISBN:

9780198077138

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

894.8142 KAR

Summary: Tughlaq deals with the reign of the fourteenth-century ruler of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, who is acknowledged as one of the most brilliant rulers in Indian history and one of its most spectacular failures as well. In his introduction Girish Karnad recounts the plays genesis and talks of the various interpretations the play has had in the different regional theatres of India. Aparna Dharwadker charts the complex textual and cultural ramifications, which have made it a work of intensely contemporary political relevance. With an Introduction by U.R. Ananthamurthy, this Oxford India Perennials edition bears testimony to Tughlaqs enduring popularity since it was first staged in 1966. (https://india.oup.com/product/tughlaq-oxford-india-perennials-9780198077138?)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Non-fiction	894.8142 KAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		005776

Tughlaq deals with the reign of the fourteenth-century ruler of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, who is acknowledged as one of the most brilliant rulers in Indian history and one of its most spectacular failures as well. In his introduction Girish Karnad recounts the plays genesis and talks of the various interpretations the play has had in the different regional theatres of India. Aparna Dharwadker charts the complex textual and cultural ramifications, which have made it a work of intensely contemporary political relevance. With an Introduction by U.R. Ananthamurthy, this Oxford India Perennials edition bears testimony to Tughlaqs enduring popularity since it was first staged in 1966.

(https://india.oup.com/product/tughlaq-oxford-india-perennials-9780198077138?)

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