The Mughal State, 1526-1750 / edited by Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford in India readings. Themes in Indian history. | Oxford India paperbacksPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: xii, 536 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN:

0195652258
9780195652253

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DDC classification:

954.025 21 ALA

Contents:

The formulation and consolidation of authority -- Fiscal organization and social structure -- Politics, trade and transformation -- Regions and realms of resistance

Summary: The Mughal state has, since the time of its existence, exercised acompelling effect on observers. A rich historiography in Indian and European languages has long existed, and in the present century debates have raged concerning its character, and the implications for the longer-term trajectory of the subcontinent. This book brings together some of the key interventions in that debate, while its detailed introduction surveys the main positions, and outlines possibilities for future research. It is the outcome of the collaboration of two scholars, one a leading specialist on Mughal studies, the other a social and economic historian of the early modern Indian Ocean world and southern India.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	954.025 ALA (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		30052
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	954.025 ALA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		2444

Originally published: 1998.

The formulation and consolidation of authority --
Fiscal organization and social structure --

Politics, trade and transformation --

Regions and realms of resistance

Includes bibliographical references.

The Mughal state has, since the time of its existence, exercised acompelling effect on observers. A rich historiography in Indian and European languages has long existed, and in the present century debates have raged concerning its character, and the implications for the longer-term trajectory of the subcontinent. This book brings together some of the key interventions in that debate, while its detailed introduction surveys the main positions, and outlines possibilities for future research. It is the outcome of the collaboration of two scholars, one a leading specialist on Mughal studies, the other a social and economic historian of the early modern Indian Ocean world and southern India.

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