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050	1	0	_aDS451 _b.C487 1994
100	1		_aChattopadhyaya, Brajadulal, _d1939- _zCHA
245	1	4	_aThe making of early medieval India / _cBrajadulal Chattopadhyaya.
260			_aDelhi ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c1994.
300			_ax, 270 p. : _bmaps ; _c22 cm.
500			_aMaps on end papers.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-252) and index.
505	0		_a1. Introduction: The Making of Early Medieval India -- 2. Irrigation in Early Medieval Rajasthan -- 3. Origin of the Rajputs: The Political, Economic and Social Processes in Early Medieval Rajasthan -- 4. Markets and Merchants in Early Medieval Rajasthan -- 5. Early Memorial Stones of Rajasthan: A Preliminary Analysis of Their Inscriptions -- 6. Trade and Urban Centres in Early Medieval North India -- 7. Urban Centres in Early Medieval India: An Overview -- 8. Political Processes and the Structure of Polity in Early Medieval India -- 9. Religion in a Royal Household: A Study of Some Aspects of Rajasekhara's Karpuramanjari.
520			_aThe Making of Early Medieval India is a collection of essays which together seek to explore the processes and nature of change in Indian society over a period of about six hundred years, approximately between the seventh and the thirteenth centuries. The notion of change articulated in these essays marks a radical departure from what exists in the current historiography of the period.
520	8		_aChange here is shown as being represented by processes of progressive transformation, and not - as in the available visions of the period - by the breakdown of an earlier social order. Laying methodological stress on identifying and analysing major historical processes at a pan-Indian level, as well as in relation to different territorial segments, the essays thus provide an alternative perspective on the making of early medieval society in India.
520	8		_a. The empirical material which is examined in depth in these essays relates to diverse themes: irrigation; urbanization; the formation of a dominant ruling caste and political processes; and the structure of polity in general. The Introductory essay provides an overview of historiography, as well as of the major directions of its change. It makes cross-regional references in order to underline the fact that comparable processes of change were in operation in all parts of the country.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _y324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _y1000-1526.
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