Rethinking A Millennium: Perspectives on Indian History from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century (Essays for Harbans Mukhia)
Datta, Rajat (Ed.)
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Book ID : 33155
ISBN-10 : 81-89833-36-7 / 8189833367
ISBN-13 : 978-81-89833-36-7 / 9788189833367
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2008
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
385p., 24 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- I. Politics, Legitimacy and Political Culture. II. Community, Gender and Cultural Transmission. III. Commerce, Crafts, and the Countryside.
DESCRIPTION
This book is a collection of essays by eminent historians exploring a millennium of India’s history between the eighth and the eighteenth century, conventionally understood as early-medieval and medieval India. Though these terms are subjected to critical scrutiny by various contributors, they do not foreground the discussion because they tend to straitjacket perspectives in one or the other direction. The idea is to use as many entry points as possible to develop perspectives with which to study this vital period of Indian history. The volume is organized under three thematic components in order to make a wide and comprehensive assessment of the salient trends that emerged and were transformed during this millennium. The first looks at politics, legitimacy, and political culture; the second examines community, gender, and cultural transmission; and the third, deals with commerce, craft, and the countryside. These have been so organised because each rubric raises a problematic instead of arguing for a definitive negotiations and accommodations through the long-term. The volume shows that the paths taken by Indian society, economy and culture to reach higher and more complex levels were multi-tracked as were the pressures being exerted on them. Taken together, these provide new entry point beyond the standardized and monochromatic views of medieval Indian history and allow us to take a more nuanced and interconnected look at the millennium.
