Richards stresses the dynamic quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their institutional innovations in land revenue, coinage and military organization, ideological change and the relationship between the emperors and Islam. He also analyzes institutions particular to the Mughal empire, such as the jagir system, and explores Mughal India''s links with the early modern world.
^John F. RichardsThe New Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Empire Vol. I:5 by John F. Richards (1996, Paperback)ISBN 9780521566032 (revised May 2016)