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If Indian history is up your alley, I heartily recommend William Dalrymple's set of three impressively researched and written books:

1. The White Mughals

2. The Last Mughal

3. Kohinoor

I began reading The Last Mughal just as I had left Delhi and Agra and I regretted not starting it before my visit.

Dalrymple knows his onions.

William Dalrymple gives a good outside in perspective, but lacks to give the perspective of the people in India, and how they feel about their own history.

Dalrymple is an excellent historian and author. I also highly recommend his first book, "City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Djinns).

William Dalrymple's India is mostly limited to Mughals.

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