Situating Medieval India: Polity, Society and Culture

Surinder Singh

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Situating Medieval India

Polity, Society and Culture

Surinder Singh

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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Explores state formation, social fabrics and cultural mores of medieval India from 1200-1800.

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Singh Surinder :

SURINDER SINGH is the author of books titled The Making of Medieval Panjab: Politics, Society and Culture c.1000-c.1500 and Medieval Panjab in Transition: Authority, Resistance and Spirituality c.1500-c.1700. He has co-edited books such as Sufism in Punjab and Popular Literature and Pre-Modern Societies in South Asia.

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History Regional and National History Asia-Pacific

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. Appointment of Government Officers in Medieval States: The Concerns of Nizam ul-Mulk Tusi and Ziauddin Barani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
2. Dynastic Change in Northern India: Divergent Approaches to the Exercise of Sovereign Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	36
3. Rulers, Zamindars and Sufis: Probing a Triangular Model of State Formation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	60
4. Administrative Consolidation in the Delhi Sultanate: Evidence from a Collection of Letters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	84
5. Scientific Temperament and Technical Innovations in North India: From the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
6. Revolt of Dulla Bhatti against the Mughal State: A Study of Oral Tradition and Modern Cultural Forms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
7. Travelling Across Northwestern India: The State of Rivers, Bridges and Boats during the Mughal Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
8. Political Culture in the Mughal Empire: An Idealistic Vision and the Ground Reality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	190
9. A Central Asian Visitor at the Mughal Court: Meetings of Mutribi Samarqandi with Emperor Jahangir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
10. Pictures of Amazement in Medieval India: Looking into the Works of Mushtaqi, Jahangir and Bhandari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	240
11. Historical Dimensions of Islam in South Asia: Modern Writings on Polity, Religion and Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
12. Cultural Ethos of Medieval Panjab: The Pathways of Resistance to the Structures of Dominance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289
13. Caste, Creed and Custom: North Indian Society Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	321
14. Celebration of Religious Diversity in Agra: Reading the Observations of Nazir Akbarabadi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	348
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	371

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December 12, 2023

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9781805431473

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Boydell Manohar

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388

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781805431473

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