Aligarh Muslim University, Vice Chancellor releases two books

Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University, Vice Chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor on Thursday released two books edited by Prof Ali Athar (Department of History ) under the title, “Medieval India: Ideas, Traditions and Cultural Values” and Socio-Cultural and Technological Development in Medieval India”.

“These two books are my contribution to commemorate the centenary year of AMU. The former deals with the traditions and culture of medieval Kashmir, Kumaun, Deccan and Awadh through exploration of new sources of information and the latter contains chapters on medieval Indian administration, culture, science and technology. It also has a new section in literary sources both Persian and European,” Professor Athar said.

Prof Afzal Khan and Dr Mohammad Nafeesh also attended the function and they have contributed their research papers in the two volumes.