Kingship and Polity on the Himalayan Borderland : Rajput Identity during the Early Colonial Encounter / / Arik Moran.
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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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Asian borderlands.
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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