Abraham Eraly (15 August 1934 - 8 April 2015) was the author of four acclaimed volumes on premodern Indian history — The Last Spring: The Lives and Times of the Great Mughals (later published in two volumes, as Emperors of the Peacock Throne and The Mughal World), Gem in the Lotus: The Seeding of Indian Civilisation, The First Spring: The Golden Age of India and The Age of Wrath: A History of the Delhi Sultanate. He was born in Kerala and educated there and in Chennai. During his lifetime, he taught Indian history in colleges in India and the United States and was the editor of a current affairs magazine for several years.
Meera Nanda is an independent scholar based in the United States. She has been a John Templeton Foundation Fellow in Religion and Science (2005-2007), and is currently in India as Visiting Professo
Meera Kosambi, who has edited this volume, is a sociologist. Her several books include Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History (2007), and Women Writing Gender: Marathi Fiction Before I
Joydeep Baruah is Assistant Professor at OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati. His current research interests include regional development, political economy, human development
Molly Daniels Ramanujan is the author of Yellow Fish, translated into Kannada by her husband, A.K. Ramanujan, and published as Haladi Meenu.he has also written A City of Children and Other Stories,
