[PDF] Religion State And Society In Medieval India eBook

Author : Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN :

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"S. Nurul Hasan played an important role in giving a new direction to history writing in India immediately before and after independence. This book brings together essays spanning a distinguished, often pioneering, career of a leading academician. Reflecting the evolution of his ideas on medieval Indian history, they demonstrate the diversity and versatility of Hasan's works and his multi-disciplinary approach to the study of history." "Scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students of medieval Indian history, sociology, and politics as well as general readers will find this book an important resource."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : S. Nurul Hasan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,37 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195696608

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Written over the span of a lifetime, this collection of S. Nurul Hasan's essays (edited and introduced by Satish Chandra) covers a wide range of topics: historiography and new sources; state, religion, and the ruling class; and urban and rural life. The various essays demonstrate Hasan's varied interests and the evolution of his ideas on medieval Indian history. Satish Chandra's introduction familiarizes the reader with his personality, achievements, and monumental contribution to Indian history-writing. The section on historiography deals with the manner in which Indian history has been distorted, both in the past, by British imperial historians, and in more current times by Indian communal historians. It also raises the problem of nationalities in medieval India, once a subject of intense debate. Part II of the volume deals with the state, religion, and ruling classes. It offers a new interpretation of Akbar's religious views, and also includes a number of articles on the crucial role of zamindars in medieval India. There is also a well-researched essay on the theory of the Nur Jahan Junta. The third section of the book examines urban and rural life in the period and includes essays on agrarian production and prices of food grain in the territory of Amber. The final section looks at some important sources of late Mughal history, and also considers the Afghan-Mughal conflict.

Author : J. S. Grewal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 23,15 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
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This is also a truly pan-Indian volume on medieval Indian history as it looks at state forms and social organizations among the Cholas, the Delhi Sultante, the Sultante of Bengal, Himachal, Kumaon and Garhwal, medieval Rajasthanm the Vijayanagar State, Kerala, the Mughal Empire, Marahastra, and the Punjab. The contributors include eminent medievalist

Author : Satish Chandra
Publisher : Har-Anand Publications
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9788124100356

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The Present Work Starts With The Theme Of Decentring Of History And How, In The Context Of Decolonization And Goes On To Assess The Impact Of Central Asian Ideas And Institutions On Indian History During The 10Th To 14Th Centuries, And The Growing Concept Of Historiography In The Country. The Book Also Discusses The Concept And Evolution Of Different Types Of Islamic States In India-Orthodox, Moderate, Liberal And Secularist.

Author : Ian Copland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 27,35 MB
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1136459499

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Offering the first long-duration analysis of the relationship between the state and religion in South Asia, this book looks at the nature and origins of Indian secularism. It interrogates the proposition that communalism in India is wholly a product of colonial policy and modernisation, questions whether the Indian state has generally been a benign, or disruptive, influence on public religious life, and evaluates the claim that the region has spawned a culture of practical toleration. The book is structured around six key arenas of interaction between state and religion: cow worship and sacrifice, control of temples and shrines, religious festivals and processions, proselytising and conversion, communal riots, and religious teaching/doctrine and family law. It offers a challenging argument about the role of the state in religious life in a historical continuum, and identifies points of similarity and contrast between periods and regimes. The book makes a significant contribution to the literature on South Asian History and Religion.

Author : Rattan Lal Hangloo
Publisher : Primus Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2022-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789355721846

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Enquiries in Medieval India: Religion, Society, Culture, and Polity illustrates the nature and span of medieval India, which was always subject to external influences. These influences, upon assimilation, made India internally plural and got reflected in a continuing conversation between its different socio-religious traditions, cultures, strands of thought, and polities. With deliberations on the periodization of medieval India to exploring contacts between India and Central Asia during the period, this work investigates a range of historical problems. It examines the role of political ideas, institutions, religious vocabulary, cultural virtues, and communal relationships that helped in consolidating and conducting the affairs of the state in a pluralistic society. The intricate links of urbanization with the perception of territoriality of the medieval state are brought into focus in an essay and, in another, there are investigations into the place of Sufism in the politics of the Deccan. Keeping aside the framework of preoccupations with different dynasties and their fortunes and intervening into unexplored fields, this book explores how the institutional bases in every field of state and society formed the bedrock for the entire medieval period and beyond.

Author : Publications Division
Publisher : Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 12,22 MB
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Category : Humor
ISBN : 8123021917

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The book contains relevant chapters from the famous volumes of “The Gazetteer of India- History and Culture”.

Author : J. P. Singh Uberoi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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Religion, civil society and the state form the three dimensions of this semiological study of Sikhism. The author argues for a recognition of the figure of the martyr - whose victory is over the "self" - rather than the figure of the hero, whose victory is over the victim.