By Raziuddin Aquil,David L. Curley
ISBN-10: 1138280313
ISBN-13: 9781138280311
ISBN-10: 935098136X
ISBN-13: 9789350981368
Covering the background of medieval and early smooth India, from the 8th to the eighteenth centuries, this quantity is a part of a brand new sequence of collections of essays publishing present learn on all elements of polity, society, financial system, faith and tradition. The thematically geared up volumes will fairly function a platform for more youthful students to exhibit their new examine and, hence, replicate present thrusts within the learn of the interval. demonstrated specialists of their really expert fields also are being invited to percentage their paintings and supply views. The geographical limits could be ancient India, approximately similar to smooth South Asia and the adjacent areas.
Chapters within the present quantity hide a wide selection of hooked up subject matters of an important value to the knowledge of literary and historic traditions, non secular practices and encounters in addition to intermingling of faith and politics over an extended interval in Indian historical past. The members to the quantity include a few advantageous historians operating from associations throughout South Asia, Europe and the U.S.: Matthew Clark, David Curley, Mridula Jha, Sudeshna Purkayastha, Sandhya Sharma, and Mikko Viitamäki.
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