Contents
Acknowledgements;
Introduction;
A.SOCIETY AND STATE
l. The Impact of Central Asian Institutions on the State and Society in Medieval India (Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries);
2. Society, Culture, and the State in Medieval India;
3. The Eighteenth Century in India- Its Economy and the Role of the Marathas, the Jats, the Sikhs, and the Afghans;
4. A Review of the Crisis of the Jagirdari System;
5. The State and Economic Development under Timur, with Special Reference to the 'Silk Road' and the Great Asian Land Routes;
B. SOCIETY AND COUNTRYSIDE
6. The Structure and Stratification in the Village Society in Eastern Rajasthan;
7. Structure of Village Society in Northern India: The Khud-kasht and Pahi-kasht;
8. The Maratha Polity: Its Nature and Development;
9. Social Background to the Rise of the Maratha Movement during the Seventeenth Centurv; C. ECONOMY
10. The Commercial Activities of the Mughal Emperors during the Seventeenth Century; 11.Some Aspects of the Growth of a Money Economy in India during the Seventeenth Century;
12. The Role of the Local Community, the Zamindars, and the State in Providing Capital Inputs for the Improvement and Expansion of Cultivation;
13. The Developmental Problematic in Medieval India;
D. RELIGION AND STATE
14. The Historical Background to the Rise of the Bhakti Movement in Northern India;
15. Jizyah and the State in India during the Seventeenth Century;
16. The Religious Policy of Aurangzeb during the Later Part of his Reign- Some Considerations;
17. Jizyah in the Post-Aurangzeb Period;
E. POLITICAL PROCESSES
18. Mughal Relations with the Rajput States of Rajasthan: The Foundations;
19. Mughal-Rajput Relations during the Seventeenth Century-Problems of a Class Alliance; 20. The Deccan Policy of the Mughals (I) Up to Shah Jahan;
21. The Deccan Policy of the Mughals (II) Under Aurangzeb;
22. Aurangzeb-A Critical Review;
23. The Deccan, North India and Baji Rao I;
F. HISTORIOGRAPHY
24. Decentring of History;
Index