Kingship and Polity on the Himalayan Borderland : Rajput Identity during the Early Colonial Encounter /
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...
I tiakina i:
| Kaituhi matua: | |
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| Hōputu: | Tāhiko īPukapuka |
| Reo: | Ingarihi |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2019.
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| Rangatū: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Urunga tuihono: | Full text available: |
| Ngā Tūtohu: |
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Rārangi ihirangi:
- 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