Ruby Lal

Ruby Lal is professor of South Asian history at Emory University. She is the author of Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur JahanDomesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World, and Coming of Age in Nineteenth Century India: The Girl-Child and the Art of Playfulness.

Books in order of publication:

Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World – 2005

Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India: The Girl-Child and the Art of Playfulness – 2012

Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan – 2018 The Great Adventures of Gulbadan Vagabond Princess – 2024