Alternative Arguments is a tribute to Professor Surendra Gopal, a truly extraordinary historian, well-known for his undisputed and sterling scholarship. This collection of essays by his former colleagues, students and friends from India and abroad, comprises 37 scholarly contributions that have been broadly grouped into six sections: the Idea of India; Bihar: Ancient, Medieval and Modern; Indian Economy, Trade and Commerce; Nationalism and Freedom Struggle; Original Sources; and History through Art and Media.
Syed Ejaz Hussain is Professor of History, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. He was ICCR Chair of Indian Studies to the University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago in 2015 - 16 and has published two monographs: Bengal Sultanate: Politics, Economy and Coins (AD 1205 - 1576) (2003) and Shiraz-i Hind: A History of Jaunpur Sultanate (2017). He also has three edited volumes and a number of research articles to his credit.
Sanjay Garg is Director, Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Embassy of India in Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan (Astana). His publications include Monetary Foundations of the Raj (2019); S.H. Hodivala's Studies in Indo-Muslim History: A Critical Commentary on Elliot and Dowson's History of India as told by its own Historians, & Yule and Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, 2 vols. (2018); Historical Studies in Mughal Mint-Towns and Other Essays (2014); and The Sikka and the Raj: A History of Currency Legislations of the East India Company, 1772 - 1835 (2013).