A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives, Part 1, Volume 8In this fascinating account of one of the least known parts of South Asia, Eaton recounts the history of the Deccan plateau in southern India from the fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism. He does so, vividly, through the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and who each represented something particular about the Deccan. In the first chapter, for example, the author describes the demise of the regional kingdom through the life of a maharaja. In the second, a Sufi sheikh illustrates Muslim piety and state authority. Other characters include a merchant, a general, a slave, a poet, a bandit and a female pawnbroker. Their stories are woven together into a rich narrative tapestry, which illumines the most important social processes of the Deccan across four centuries. This is a much-needed book by the most highly regarded scholar in the field. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Regional kingdoms of the Deccan 11901310 Page | 10 |
Muslim piety | 33 |
Direct and indirect Tughluq rule 132747 | 35 |
The Vijayanagara and Bahmani kingdoms 13471518 | 44 |
Bahmani dynasty Page | 49 |
Deccanis and Westerners | 59 |
élite mobility in a Persianized world | 78 |
Nizam Shahi dynasty and its patrons abbreviated | 116 |
Western Deccan in the time of Aurangzeb 16361707 | 117 |
nonBrahmin religious movements | 129 |
social banditry in Mughal | 155 |
Eastern Deccan in the time of Aurangzeb 16361707 | 161 |
the rise of Brahmins in politics | 177 |
Tarabai and the Bhosle family Satara and Kolhapur branches | 178 |
Select bibliography | 203 |
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A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives Richard M. Eaton No preview available - 2008 |
A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives, Part 1, Volume 8 Richard M. Eaton No preview available - 2005 |
A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives Richard M. Eaton No preview available - 2005 |
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Abhangs Adil African Ahmadnagar al-Din Andhra armies Asia authority Bahmani sultans Bapaji Bidar Bijapur Brahmins Briggs brother Burhan capital caste Chalukya chieftains coast court culture Dakani Daulatabad Deccan plateau deity Delhi Sultanate Desh Deva Raya dynasty early élite emperor Ethiopian fifteenth century Firishta Firuz Gisu Daraz Golkonda Gulbarga Habshi Hindu Husain Hyderabad Ibid imperial inscriptions Iran Islamic Kakatiya Kalyana Khafi Khan king kingdom Kolhapur Konkan Krishna River Maharashtra Mahmud Gawan Malik Ambar Maratha Marathi-speaking Medieval merchants military Mughal Muslim Narasoji nayakas Nizam Shahi north India northern Pandharpur Papadu pastoral patron Persian Peshwa poet political Pratapa Rudra prince Qutb Shahi Rama Raya Raya's recruited region religious royal rulers Sangama Satara Shah Shahpur Shahu shaikh shrine slaves Social History society Sufi Sultan Ahmad Sultan Muhammad Talikota Tarabai Telangana Telugu temple throne Timur's tradition trans Tughluq Tuka Tukaram Varkari vernacular Vijayanagara village Virupaksha Vithoba Warangal western Deccan