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...

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Главный автор:	Moran, Arik, 1976- (Автор)
Формат:	Электронный ресурс eКнига
Язык:	английский
Опубликовано:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Серии:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Предметы:	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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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

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

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