A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761 : Eight Indian lives Richard Maxwell Eaton

By:

Eaton, Richard Maxwell

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: New Cambridge history of India, I ; 8.Publication details: New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 221 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cmISBN:

9780521514422

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DDC classification:

954.8 EAT

Contents:

Pratapa Rudra (r. 1289-1323): the demise of the regional kingdoms -- Muhammad Gisu Daraz (1321-1422); Muslim piety and state authority -- Mahmud Gawan (1411-1481): Decannis and Westerners -- Rama Raya (1484-1565): élite mobility in a Persianized world -- Malik Ambar (1548-1626): the rise and fall of military slavery -- Tukaram (1608-1649): non-Brahmin religious movements -- Papadu (fl. 1695-1710): social banditry in Mughal Telangana -- Tarabai (1675-1761): the rise of Brahmins in politics.

Summary: In this study, Richard Eaton recounts the history of southern India's Deccan plateau from the early fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism in the eighteenth. He does so, vividly, by narrating the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and whose careers illustrate particular social processes of the region's history

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	954.8 EAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		36404

Pratapa Rudra (r. 1289-1323): the demise of the regional kingdoms --
Muhammad Gisu Daraz (1321-1422); Muslim piety and state authority --
Mahmud Gawan (1411-1481): Decannis and Westerners --

Rama Raya (1484-1565): élite mobility in a Persianized world --

Malik Ambar (1548-1626): the rise and fall of military slavery --

Tukaram (1608-1649): non-Brahmin religious movements --

Papadu (fl. 1695-1710): social banditry in Mughal Telangana --

Tarabai (1675-1761): the rise of Brahmins in politics.

In this study, Richard Eaton recounts the history of southern India's Deccan plateau from the early fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism in the eighteenth. He does so, vividly, by narrating the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and whose careers illustrate particular social processes of the region's history

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