A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761 : eight Indian lives / Richard M. Eaton.

Eaton, Richard Maxwell
Call Number
954/.8
Author
Eaton, Richard Maxwell, author.
Title
A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761 : eight Indian lives / Richard M. Eaton.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
The new Cambridge history of India ; I, 8
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
Summary
In this fascinating account of one of the least known parts of South Asia, Eaton recounts the history of the Deccan plateau in southern India from the fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism. He does so, vividly, through the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and who each represented something particular about the Deccan. In the first chapter, for example, the author describes the demise of the regional kingdom through the life of a maharaja. In the second, a Sufi sheikh illustrates Muslim piety and state authority. Other characters include a merchant, a general, a slave, a poet, a bandit and a female pawnbroker. Their stories are woven together into a rich narrative tapestry, which illumines the most important social processes of the Deccan across four centuries. This is a much-needed book by the most highly regarded scholar in the field.
Subject
Deccan (India) History.
Deccan (India) Biography.
Multimedia
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Summary
In this fascinating account of one of the least known parts of South Asia, Eaton recounts the history of the Deccan plateau in southern India from the fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism. He does so, vividly, through the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and who each represented something particular about the Deccan. In the first chapter, for example, the author describes the demise of the regional kingdom through the life of a maharaja. In the second, a Sufi sheikh illustrates Muslim piety and state authority. Other characters include a merchant, a general, a slave, a poet, a bandit and a female pawnbroker. Their stories are woven together into a rich narrative tapestry, which illumines the most important social processes of the Deccan across four centuries. This is a much-needed book by the most highly regarded scholar in the field.
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
Subject
Deccan (India) History.
Deccan (India) Biography.
Multimedia