| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The new Cambridge history of India ; I, 8 |
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New Cambridge history of India ; I, 8.
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| 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 account of one of the least known parts of South Asia, Eaton recounts the history of the Deccan plateau in southern India from the fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism. He does so through the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and who each represented something particular about the Deccan. In the first chapter, for example, the author describes the demise of the regional kingdom through the life of a maharaja. In the second, a Sufi sheikh illustrates Muslim piety and state authority. Other characters include a merchant, a general, a slave, a poet, a bandit and a female pawnbroker. Their stories are woven together into a rich narrative tapestry, which illumines the most important social processes of the Deccan across four centuries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Historische Persönlichkeit
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Herrscher
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Sociale geschiedenis.
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| SUBJECT |
Deccan (India) -- History
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Deccan (India) -- Biography
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India -- Deccan
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Dekhan
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Hoogland van Dekan.
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139053907 |
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1139053906 |
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9780511468766 |
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0511468768 |
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9781139053907 |
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