Age of Wrath

<p>Wonderfully well researched . . . engrossing enlightening' The Hindu<br> The Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526) is commonly portrayed as an age of chaos and violence-of plundering kings turbulent dynasties and the aggressive imposition of Islam on India. But it was also the era that saw the creation of a pan-Indian empire on the foundations of which the Mughals and the British later built their own Indian empires. The encounter between Islam and Hinduism also transformed among other things India's architecture literature music and food. Abraham Eraly brings this fascinating period vividly alive combining erudition with powerful storytelling and analysis with anecdote.</p>