State, pluralism and the Indian historical tradition /

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This collection of seminal essays, by one of the most eminent historians and educationists, provides a comprehensive view of medieval India. It explores four main themes-evolution of state, role of towns and urbanism, the historical and maritime traditions, and cultural pluralism. Towards the end of...

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Main Author: Satish Chandra
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009
Series:Oxford India paperbacks.
Subjects:
Cultural pluralism > India.
India > Politics and government.
India > Social conditions.
India > Economic conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • -- 1. Concept of state : the Indian perspective and the world
  • - 2. State and society in Medieval India
  • - 3. The rise of state and its evolution in Rajasthan : the case of Jodhpur
  • - 4. Towns in the Orient and Fernand Braudel
  • - 5. Qasbas in West Rajasthan : small towns during the seventeenth century
  • - 6. Cultural and political role of Delhi, 1675-1725
  • - 7. India's maritime tradition : a review
  • - 8. Some modern Indian historians : Ishwari Prasad, R.P. Tripathi, Syed Nurul Hasan
  • - 9. Interaction of Bhakti and Sufi movements in South Asia
  • - 10. Half a century of India's freedom : retrospect and prospect.

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