Hyderabad, May 29 -- The lifestyle of people who lived500 years ago, especially those belonging to the Mughal dynasty, has been vividly brought to life in the pages of a book written by British author Rumer Godden. The title of the bookis Gulbadan, Portrait of a Princess at the Mughal Court. The story is essentially a biographyof Princess Gulbadan, youngestdaughterof Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire in India.

The authorconsulted a variety of sources to gaininformation to write this fascinating book. Among her sources was a translation of the Humayunnama into Englishby Annette Beveridge, a wellknown Oriental scholar who also translated the Baburnama.

Rumer Godden, who authored the biography of Gulbadan lived in India andgrew up with h...