Kingship and polity on the Himalayan borderland : Rajput identity during the early colonial encounter /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moran, Arik, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Colección:Asian borderlands.
Temas:
1765-1947
Rajput (Indic people) > Himalaya Mountains.
Rājput (Peuple de l'Inde) > Himālaya.
Asian history.
Humanities.
Social & cultural history.
HISTORY > General.
Rajput (Indic people)
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
Himalaya Mountains
India
Early Colonial Encounter, Borderlands, Himalaya, Rajput, Kingship, State Formation.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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