| Land and Sovereignty in India: Agrarian Society and Politics Under the Eighteenth-Century Maratha Svar Jya Contributor(s): Wink, Andre (Author), Wink, Andr (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521051800 ISBN-13: 9780521051804 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 954.03 |
| Series: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.22 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This original contribution to Indian history, focusing on contemporary and largely indigenous documents, introduces a set of concepts for the analysis of late Mughal rule. More specifically it examines the origins and development of the Maratha svardjya or 'self-rule' within the context of declining Muslim power. It traces the expansion of Maratha dominion to a process of fitna, a policy of 'shifting alliances' which was recurrent in the wake of Muslim expansion throughout its history. The book gives an interesting perspective on Hindu-Muslim relationships in the pre-British period as well as on the nature of the Indo-Muslim state and its most important successor polity, on its capacity for change and development in the intermediate sections of society, the land-tenurial system, the monetization of the economy, and on the fiscal system. |