- Seminal inquiry into Humayun's personality and remarkable cultural
achievements - Accompanies the new site museum at Humayun's tomb, a
World Heritage Site - Offers a new analysis of Humayun's mausoleum as
the posthumous sum of his visions and dreams - Includes hundreds of
beautifully reproduced photographs and illustrations Humayun, the son of
Babur and the second Mughal ruler, reigned in Agra from 1530 to 1540 and
then in Delhi from 1555 to 1556. Until now, his numerous achievements,
including winning back the throne of Hindustan, have not been well
recorded. The Planetary King follows Humayun's travels and campaigns
during the political and social disturbances of the early 16th century.
It delves into Humayun's extraordinary social and intellectual life;
demystifies his magico-scientific world view, draws attention to his
deep involvement with literature, poetry, painting, architecture,
mathematics, astronomy, astrology, occultism and extraordinary
inventions, and offers a new analysis of Humayun's mausoleum as the
posthumous sum of his visions and dreams. The book accompanies the new
site museum at Humayun's tomb created by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
upon the culmination of two decades of conservation work on the World
Heritage Site. Co-published with Aga Khan Trust for Culture, New Delhi.
