Andre Wink, Andr Wink

Land and Sovereignty in India

Agrarian Society and Politics Under the Eighteenth-Century Maratha Svar Jya

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Produktbeschreibung

This study introduces a set of concepts for the analysis of late Mughal rule.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780521051804
• ISBN-10: 0521051800
• Artikelnr.: 23330750

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps and diagrams
Preface
List of abbreviations
Glossary
Introduction
Part I. Brahman, King and Emperor: 1. Sovereignty and universal dominion
2. Mughal expansion in the Deccan
3. The Maratha svar¿jya in the eighteenth century
4. Conclusion and summary
Part II. The Co-Sharers of the Realm: 5. Sovereignty, vested rights and sedition
6. The king's co-sharers
7. Patrilineage and coparcenary
8. Grants of land
9. The grant of land as act of sovereignty
Part III. The King's Share: 10. Land and taxation
11. The standard assessment
12. Adjustments of the standard assessment
13. Tenancy relations
14. Conclusion
Part IV. Regulation and Repartition: 15. The brahman bureaucracy
16. Repartition and assignment of the king's share
17. Monetization and the cash-nexus
18. Revenue farming
19. Conclusion and summary
Epilogue
Key to selections of papers from the records at the East-India House
Bibliography
Index.