THE purpose. of this book is to discuss the constitutional aspect of the Mughal rule in India. It is not intended to give a detailed account of the political history of the Mughal period. The sole object of the author has been to throw some light upon the Mughal Constitution. This side of Mughal history has been completely neglected till now. The student of constitutional history finds nothing in the books already published to attract or interest
him. It is a poor consolation to him to be told that the history of Medixval India is merely the history of Kings and Courts. There is a good deal of truth in the View that Mughal history is the history of institutions and not that of any constitutional development. Still the absence of a progressive constitution does not preclude the existence of some sort of constitution.