224 (Color 8, Black & White 17) About the Author Professor Kishori Saran Lal, M. A., D.Phil. (b. 1920), took his Doctorate in History from the University of Allahabad in 1945. Starting his career as a part-time lecturer in the same university, he joined the Central Provinces (now Madhya Pradesh) Educational Service in Late 1945. As Professor of History at Bhopal, he became the Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Itihasa Parishad and Convener, Regional Records Survey Committee, Madhya Pradesh. Dr. K. S. Lal was Reader in History at the University of Delhi from 1963 to 1972 and Professor and Head of the Department of History at the Universities of Jodhpur and Hyderabad from 1973 to 1983. Professor Lal participated in many seminars and conferences, both national and international, in India and abroad. He presided over the Medieval History Section of the Indian History Section of the Indian History Congress in 1958, Punjab History Congress in 1975, Rajasthan History Congress in 1978 and Indian History and Culture Society in 1984. In 1977 he chaired a session of the Association of Historians of Asia held in Bangkok. Prof. Lal has published a number of articles and monographs on medieval Indian History. Some of his famous works include Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, Early Muslims in India, etc. at the present age of 67, Professor Lal is looking forward to write at least half-a-dozen more books and mono-graphs. The Mughal Harem The Mughal Harem is a maiden attempt at research in the hitherto over-looked area of social history of medieval India. For, in contrast to the history of the kings and nobles, which has been the main sphere of study of medievalists, the present work deals with the life of the ladies of Mughal royalty