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

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

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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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Superior document:Asian borderlands
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Moran, Arik, 1976-
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Asian borderlands.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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