Taming Wilderness: The Mughal Hunt and Cultural Landscapes of the Shikārgāh
The Mughal hunt may be understood as an interaction with the wilderness and conservation that comprehends empire building, the promotion of welfare and agricultural causes, scientific pursuits and engendering spiritual connections with nature. Countering traditional definitions of a hunting ground as an untamed, amorphous space, this book delves into the details of the Mughal shikārgāh conceived as an ecologically modified landscape with spatial and cultural relationships to gardens, agrarian lands and irrigation projects, and as an intermediate space that existed between cultivated lands and forests. Replete with colourful hunting anecdotes and richly illustrated, Taming Wilderness is an insightful study of this fascinating subject.
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Taming Wilderness: The Mughal Hunt and Cultural Landscapes of the Shikārgāh
The Mughal hunt may be understood as an interaction with the wilderness and conservation that comprehends empire building, the promotion of welfare and agricultural causes, scientific pursuits and engendering spiritual connections with nature. Countering traditional definitions of a hunting ground as an untamed, amorphous space, this book delves into the details of the Mughal shikārgāh conceived as an ecologically modified landscape with spatial and cultural relationships to gardens, agrarian lands and irrigation projects, and as an intermediate space that existed between cultivated lands and forests. Replete with colourful hunting anecdotes and richly illustrated, Taming Wilderness is an insightful study of this fascinating subject.
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Taming Wilderness: The Mughal Hunt and Cultural Landscapes of the Shikārgāh

Taming Wilderness: The Mughal Hunt and Cultural Landscapes of the Shikārgāh

by Shaha Parpia
Taming Wilderness: The Mughal Hunt and Cultural Landscapes of the Shikārgāh

Taming Wilderness: The Mughal Hunt and Cultural Landscapes of the Shikārgāh

by Shaha Parpia

Overview

The Mughal hunt may be understood as an interaction with the wilderness and conservation that comprehends empire building, the promotion of welfare and agricultural causes, scientific pursuits and engendering spiritual connections with nature. Countering traditional definitions of a hunting ground as an untamed, amorphous space, this book delves into the details of the Mughal shikārgāh conceived as an ecologically modified landscape with spatial and cultural relationships to gardens, agrarian lands and irrigation projects, and as an intermediate space that existed between cultivated lands and forests. Replete with colourful hunting anecdotes and richly illustrated, Taming Wilderness is an insightful study of this fascinating subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789004749030
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 12/18/2025
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East , #193
Pages: 230
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.65(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Shaha Parpia, Ph.D. (2019), Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture, The University of Adelaide, Australia, is Visiting Research Fellow at that university. She has published many papers on Mughal gardens, landscapes and the hunt.
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