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020			_q(hardback) _a9781032332253
040			_cJNU
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245	0	4	_aThe Routledge handbook of the state in premodern India / _cedited by Hermann Kulke and Bhairabi Prasad Sahu.
250			_aReprint ed.
260			_c2023
300			_a574 p. ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This handbook presents a multilayered and multidimensional history of state formation in premodern India. It explores dense and rich local and subregional historiography from the mid-first millennium BC to the eighteenth century in South Asia. Shifting the focus away from economic and political factors, this handbook revises the conventional understanding of states and empires and locates them in their quotidian conduct and activity on socio-cultural and concomitant factors. Comprehensive in scope, this handbook addresses a range of themes connected with the idea of state formation in the subcontinent. It includes discussions and debates on ritual practices and the Brahmanical order in early India; the Delhi Sultanate and role of Sultans among the Hindu kings; the cosmopolitan 'Islamicate' cultural influences on Puranic Hinduism; cultural background of the Mughal state. The handbook examines new questions and ideologies of state formation, such as, � facets of violence and resistance; � the significance of the autonomous spaces and forests; � regional elites, including 'Little kings'; tribal background of some famous cults; � trade and maritime commerce; � royal patronage, courtly manners, lineage formation; � imperial architecture, monuments, and temple, among others. Featuring case studies from different part of the India subcontinent, and with contributions by renowned historians, this authoritative handbook will be an indispensable reading for teachers, scholars, and students of early India, medieval India, pre-modern India, South Asian history, Asian history, historiography, economic history, historical sociology, and South Asia studies"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
650		0	_aState, The.
650		0	_aPolitical customs and rites _zIndia _xHistory.
650		0	_aReligion and politics _zIndia _xHistory.
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government.
700	1		_aKulke, Hermann, _eeditor.
700	1		_aSahu, Bhairabi Prasad, _d1957- _eeditor.
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