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State, Society, and Culture in Indian History / SATISH CHANDRA.

By: Publisher: New Delhi : OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2012Description: xii, 191 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198077398 (hbk.)
  • 0198077394 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 934 CHA 23
LOC classification:
  • HN683.5 .C436 2012
Contents:
Table of Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Society and State; 1: Social and Attitudinal Changes in Medieval India; 2: State and Society in Medieval India with Special Reference to Fourteenth-Sixteenth Centuries: Seen from Above and Below; 3: State and Composite Culture in a Pluralistic Society; 4: The Concept of Secularism and its Evolution under the Congress and Nehru; Part II: The Mughals; 5: Akbar in Modern Indian History; 6: Rana Pratap and Mughal Policy; 7: Jodha Bai: Who was She?; 8: The Rathor War and Hukumat-ri-Bahi; 9: Shivaji and the Maratha Landed Elements; 10: The Jagirdari Crisis: A Fresh Look; 11: Reassessing Aurangzeb; 12: Agrarian System of the Mughals and the Eighteenth Century; Part III: Culture; 13: Portrait of a Liberal Conservative: Dr (Sir) Sita Ram; 14: Rajasthan Varta Sahitya: A Historical Tradition; 15: Niti Shataks as a Source of Study for Medieval India; Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:
Preface;
Acknowledgements;
Introduction;
Part I: Society and State;
1: Social and Attitudinal Changes in Medieval India;
2: State and Society in Medieval India with Special Reference to Fourteenth-Sixteenth Centuries: Seen from Above and Below;
3: State and Composite Culture in a Pluralistic Society;
4: The Concept of Secularism and its Evolution under the Congress and Nehru;
Part II: The Mughals;
5: Akbar in Modern Indian History;
6: Rana Pratap and Mughal Policy;
7: Jodha Bai: Who was She?;
8: The Rathor War and Hukumat-ri-Bahi;
9: Shivaji and the Maratha Landed Elements;
10: The Jagirdari Crisis: A Fresh Look;
11: Reassessing Aurangzeb;
12: Agrarian System of the Mughals and the Eighteenth Century;
Part III: Culture;
13: Portrait of a Liberal Conservative: Dr (Sir) Sita Ram;
14: Rajasthan Varta Sahitya: A Historical Tradition;
15: Niti Shataks as a Source of Study for Medieval India;
Index.

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