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‘A wonderfully elegant and lively writer, whose enthusiasm for her subject is effortlessly channelled into pitch-perfect prose. Yashaswini Chandra is in total command of an impressive sweep of sources: epics and chronicles, romantic ballads and wedding songs, art and folklore, as well as all conceivable manuals equestrian. With this remarkable debut, full of wit and brilliance, she rides into the lists like the Rani of Jhansi, galloping straight into the premier division of Indian historians’
– William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
‘A wonderful book . . . It is my hope that anyone who reads my book will read hers too, and vice versa’ – Wendy Doniger, author of Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares:Horses in Indian Myth and History
‘A remarkable tour de force. This comprehensive survey of the role of the horse in Indian history is meticulously researched and lucidly written. Its erudition will ensure its place on the bookshelves of academics, while its wit and accessibility will assure a wide readership among the general public’ – Richard M. Eaton, author of India in the Persianate Age: 1000–1765
