"Rima Hooja is an archaeologist and leading historian of Rajasthan. Educated in Jaipur and at Cambridge University, from where she holds a PhD in archaeology, she is the author of several books, including the authoritative and comprehensive History of Rajasthan (Rupa, 2006), and the biography of one of Rajasthan’s greatest heroes, Maharana Pratap: The Invincible Warrior (Juggernaut, 2018)."