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A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761 : eight Indian lives
- Title
- A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761 : eight Indian lives / Richard M. Eaton.
- Author
- Eaton, Richard Maxwell.
- Publication
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Details
- Description
- 221 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In this study, Richard Eaton recounts the history of southern India's Deccan plateau from the early fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism in the eighteenth. He does so, vividly, by narrating the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and whose careers illustrate particular social processes of the region's history."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- The new Cambridge history of India ; I, 8
- Uniform Title
- New Cambridge history of India ; I, 8.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Pratapa Rudra (r. 1289-1323) : the demise of the regional kingdom -- 2. Muhammad Gisu Daraz (1321-1422) : Muslim piety and state authority -- 3. Muhmud Gawan (1411-1481) : Deccanis and Westerners -- 4. Rama Raya (1484-1565) : elite mobility in a persianized world -- 5. Malik Ambar (1548-1626) : the rise and fall of military slavery -- 6. Tukaram (1608-1649) : non-Brahmin religious movements -- 7. Papadu (fl. 1695-1710) : social banditry in Mughal Telangana -- 8. Tarabai (1675-1761) : the rise of Brahmins in politics.
- ISBN
- 9780521254847 (hardback)
- 0521254841 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2005006196
- OCLC
- 506259149
- ocn506259149
- SCSB-5223811
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries