India was for long known as the land of rajas and ranis and royalty played an important part in the history of India from the days of yore to the days of the Indian freedom straggle. So, quite naturally, many Indian writers have turned to royalty for fictional themes. Indian English literature now has a substantial body of fiction presenting historical personages who ruled various kingdoms, big and small. However, the corpus of Indian English historical fiction, when compared to other kinds,