IRA MUKHOTY is the author of Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums
of the Mughal Empire and Heroines: Powerful Indian Women in Myth and History. Living
in one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, she developed an
interest in the evolution of mythology and history, the erasure of women from these
histories, and the continuing relevance this has on the status of women in India.
She writes rigorously researched narrative histories that are accessible to the lay
reader. She lives in Gurgaon with her husband and two daughters.