Author: James TodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rajasthan (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan
Author: James TodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rajasthan (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Serving Empire, Serving Nation
Author: Jason FreitagPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004175946
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
James Tod s Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan was crucial in forming the modern image of the R jp t, a princely martial caste resident in India s northwest desert. This book explores the relationships between the political power of the British imperial state, the construction of historical memories in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the uses of these constructions by European writers and Indian nationalist elites. The case of the Rajputs demonstrates how imperial histories reflected Indian social processes and pre-colonial forms of knowledge, interpreted India for the world outside and for Indians themselves. This book explores the multiple discourses within Tod s Rajasthan, and European Orientalism, to show how intricately coded the British Empire was and, historically, remains.
The Forts of Rajasthan
Author: James Tod's Rajasthan
Author: Giles Henry Rupert TillotsonPublisher: Marg Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
While the importance and aesthetic delight of Tod`s collections are beyond doubt, the accuracy and political objectives of his history have always been controversial matters. This book explores not only his collections but his work as an author, and the reception of his ideas by other scholars and writers. The chapters are all written by experts on Tod or on Rajasthani art and history; and each of them explores one aspect of his collections, or their broader context in Tod`s life and times.
Travels in Western India, Embracing a Visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the Most Celebrated Shrines of Hindu Faith Between Rajpootana and the Indus
Author: James TodA History of Rajasthan
Author: Rima HoojaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rajasthan (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 1380
Book Description
Rajasthan- the land of rajas and maharajas, forts and palaces, deserts and ballads, the book covers a wide spectrum encompassing the political, socio-culural and economic history of Rajasthan from the earliest times up-to the middle of the twentieth century, in a comprehensive yet easy- to- read text. A History of Rajasthan uses various archival, epigraphical, numismatical, architectural, archaeological and arthistory related information as well as the traditional narratives and oral and written chronicles to provide a general overview of the city
Hindu Kingship and Polity in Precolonial India
Author: Norbert PeabodyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521465489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A fascinating 2003 study of the precolonial kingdom of Kota through its historical documents.
Rajasthani Stories Retold
Author: Rima HoojaPublisher:
ISBN: 9789385285660
Category : Tales
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
India After Nehru
Author: Kuldip NayarPublisher: Delhi : Vikas Publishing House
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Narrative of political events in India, 1964-1975.
Understanding Caste
Author: Gail OmvedtPublisher:
ISBN: 9788125045731
Category : Buddhism and politics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Understanding Caste approaches the historical issue of caste and anti-caste movements from a position of insightful inquiry and rigorous scholarship. Critiquing the sensibility which equates Indian tradition with Hinduism, and Hinduism with Brahmanism which considers the Vedas as the foundational texts of Indian culture and discovers within the Aryan heritage the essence of Indian civilisation it shows how even secular minds remain imprisoned within the Brahmanical vision. And so it looks at the alternative traditions nurtured within dalit movements, which have questioned this way of looking at Indian society and history." --Synopsis on back cover.