Kingship and Polity on the Himalayan Borderland : Rajput Identity During the Early Colonial Encounter.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Asian Borderlands Ser.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- 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.