A discussion on two books: The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam by A. Azfar Moin and Negotiating Languages: Urdu, Hindi, and the Definition of Modern South Asia by Walter N. Hakala

 

Chief Guest: Professor Robert P. Goldman, Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor in South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of California at Berkeley

 

Discussants: Professor Farhat Hasan, Department of History, University of Delhi, and Professor Hilal Ahmed, Associate Professor, CSDS, (The Millennial Sovereign); and Professor Sunil Kumar, Professor in the History of Medieval India, Department of History, University of Delhi, and Professor Shahid Amin, Professor of History, University of Delhi (Negotiating Languages)

 

(Collaboration: Primus Books)