About The Author
Ainslie Thomas Embree was born in Nova Scotia and educated at Dalhousie University in Halifax and Columbia University. He taught Indian history at Columbia University from 1958 to 1969, and was also professor of history at Duke University. He was the President of the American Institute of Indian Studies. Embree retired in 1991.
Mr. Embree is the author of Charles Grant and British Rule in India and India’s Search for National Identity. He has been coeditor of several books, including Approaches to Asian Civilizations, Guide to Oriental Classics, and The Development of Civilization. With S. M. Ikram, Mr. Embree has written Muslim Civilization in India.
