An Agrarian History of South Asia, Part 4, Volume 4Originally published in 1999, this book offers a comprehensive historical framework for understanding the regional diversity of agrarian South Asia. |
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agrarian history agrarian polities agrarian regions agrarian society agrarian space agrarian territories agricultural alliances Assam Bangladesh became Bengal Bihar Brahmans British India capital caste cent central mountains centres century Chhattisgarh colonial conflict conquest crops cultivation cultural Deccan defined Delhi dharma dominant dynasties early-medieval early-modern economic elites empire entitlements expansion families famine farmers farming communities farmland forest formed Ganga basin gentry groups Gujarat Gupta Haryana high mountains History of India identity imperial increased inscriptions institutions investments irrigation Karnataka kinship labour land landlords landscapes lineages lowlands Madras Maharashtra Malwa Maratha medieval ment mobility modern moved movements Mughal Muslim Nadu official organised Orissa patriarchs peasant peninsula plains political population production Punjab Rajasthan Rajputs ranks regimes revenue ritual rulers rural season settlements social power South Asia Sri Lanka struggles sultans Tamil Tamil Nadu temples tenants tion transactions tribal urban Uttar Pradesh village warrior western workers zamindars
References to this book
Empire Writing: An Anthology of Colonial Literature, 1870-1918 Elleke Boehmer No preview available - 1998 |