Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Images, Maps and Charts 6
4. Acknowledgements 7
5. A Note on Translation and Transliteration 11
6. Introduction 13
7. 1. Memories of a Feud: Chinjhiar, 1795 29
8. 2. Alterity and Myth in Himalayan Historiography: Kangra, Sirmaur, and Gorkha Rule in the West 61
9. 3. Sati and Sovereignty in Theory and Practise 85
10. 4. Statecraft at the Edge of Empire: Bilaspur, 1795-1835 125
11. 5. Widowed Ranis, Scheming Rajas, and the Making of ‘Rajput Tradition’ 161
12. Epilogue 197
13. Appendix: The Jhera of Chinjhiar 205
14. Bibliography 229
15. Index 243