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The coordinators of the lecture for the Singapore Museums will send you the Zoom link and the password.
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Category: Lectures
Lecture: Writing the Bejeweled Past: Turning Fact into Fiction in India’s Mughal Empire.
MEDIUM DAY 2025: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th
I’m giving a Mughal Empire talk on Medium Day 2025; essentially a mini writing class. I will pull examples from the novels of my Taj Mahal trilogy and show you how I did my research into 17th Century India, how I created a timeline, and whether I chose to follow it or not. And why not.
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Lecture for the Singapore Museums–Power Behind the Veil–Life in the Harems of India’s Mughal Empire
Inside the Khas Mahal and the harem apartments at Agra Fort
Power Behind the Veil: Life in the harems of India’s Mughal Empire (1526-1857 A.D.)
In a time when women were hidden away, faceless, and for the most part, voiceless, two women rose to become formidable players in the courts of the Mughal Empire. The bestselling author of the Taj Trilogy, Indu Sundaresan, presents an intimate view into the politics, religions, hierarchy, and structure of the Mughal harem.
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