The Encounter Between the Persian and the Sanskrit Worlds: Richard M. Eaton and William Dalrymple

Richard M. Eaton has been obsessed with India ever since riding an elephant at the St. Louis Zoo at age three, especially its long-term relations with Persian culture, Islam, and the Iranian plateau before the British period. He teaches history at the University of Arizona.

William Dalrymple is the bestselling author of In Xanadu, City of Djinns, From the Holy Mountain, Age of Kali, White Mughals, The Last Mughal, Nine Lives, Return of a King, and Kohinoor. He has won many awards, including the Wolfson Prize for History, the Hemingway, the Kapuscinski, the Thomas Cook, and the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize. He has also been awarded the Arthur Ross Bronze Medal of the US Council on Foreign Relations and the prestigious President's Medal by the British Academy. His most recent books are The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company and Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company. Dalrymple is one of the founders and a co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Focusing on the assimilation of Persianate culture into the very fabric of the Indian subcontinent, academic and author Richard M. Eaton’s book ‘India in the Persianate Age’ explores its integration with India’s Sanskritic cultures, seeping into our language, art, architecture, literature, cuisine, and more.
In conversation with author and Festival Co-Director William Dalrymple, Eaton takes us on a journey through the influences and traditions that made India establish its diverse cultural roots.

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