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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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Asian borderlands |
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Asian borderlands.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
This book explores the modern transformation of state and society in the Indian Himalaya. Centred on three Rajput-led kingdoms during the transition to British rule (c. 1790-1840) and their interconnected histories, it demonstrates how border making practices engendered a modern reading of 'tradition' that informs communal identities to date. By revising the history of these mountain kings on the basis of extensive archival, textual, and ethnographic research, it offers an alternative to popular and scholarly discourses that grew with the rise of colonial knowledge. This revision ultimately points to the important contribution of borderland spaces to the fabrication of group identities. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Images, Maps and Charts -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Memories of a Feud: Chinjhiar, 1795 -- 2. Alterity and Myth in Himalayan Historiography: Kangra, Sirmaur, and Gorkha Rule in the West -- 3. Sati and Sovereignty in Theory and Practise -- 4. Statecraft at the Edge of Empire: Bilaspur, 1795-1835 -- 5. Widowed Ranis, Scheming Rajas, and the Making of 'Rajput Tradition' -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Jhera of Chinjhiar -- Bibliography -- Index |
Access |
Open Access EbpS |
Subject |
Rajput (Indic people) -- Himalaya Mountains.
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India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
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Rjput (Peuple de l'Inde) -- Himlaya.
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Inde -- Histoire -- 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
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Asian history.
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Humanities.
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Social & cultural history.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Rajput (Indic people)
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Himalaya Mountains https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkD7VgHVHmqXfWxTj6xjC
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India https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdx47cDXrRhBXHtbvPwC
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British Occupation of India (India : 1765-1947) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBb9M98XDjcqb4jjwDy |
Chronological Term |
1765-1947
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Indexed Term |
Early Colonial Encounter, Borderlands, Himalaya, Rajput, Kingship, State Formation. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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Other Form: |
Print version: Moran, Arik. Kingship and polity on the Himalayan borderland. Rajput identity during the early colonial encounter. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2019 9789462985605 (OCoLC)1079870987 |
ISBN |
9789048536757 (electronic bk.) |
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9048536758 (electronic bk.) |
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9789462985605 |
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946298560X |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000065478964 |
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AU@ 000066327446 |
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