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Kingship and Polity on the Himalayan Borderland : Rajput Identity during the Early Colonial Encounter /

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This book explores the modern transformation of state and society in the Indian Himalaya. Centred on three Rajput-led kingdoms during the transition to British rule (c. 1790-1840) and their interconnected histories, it demonstrates how border making practices engendered a modern reading of 'tra...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Moran, Arik, 1976- (Egilea)
Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa eBook
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Saila:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Gaiak:
Rajput (Indic people)
HISTORY > General.
Social & cultural history.
Humanities.
Asian history.
Rājput (Peuple de l'Inde) > Himālaya.
Rajput (Indic people) > Himalaya Mountains.
India.
Himalaya Mountains.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
History.
Electronic books.
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Aurkibidea:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Images, Maps and Charts
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Note on Translation and Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • 1. Memories of a Feud: Chinjhiar, 1795
  • 2. Alterity and Myth in Himalayan Historiography: Kangra, Sirmaur, and Gorkha Rule in the West
  • 3. Sati and Sovereignty in Theory and Practise
  • 4. Statecraft at the Edge of Empire: Bilaspur, 1795-1835
  • 5. Widowed Ranis, Scheming Rajas, and the Making of 'Rajput Tradition'
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: The Jhera of Chinjhiar
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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