This volume consists of some of the most pioneering attempts to bring to light the almost forgotten field of military history. Did the Sultanate period see a Military revolution? How important was the development of artillery and firearms for Mughal warfare? How far were new techniques of warfare devised in the pre-colonial period the result of diffusion from the west or local initiative? These are some of the issues raised in this collection. It appears that, as ...
Naukar, Rajput and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market in Hindustan, 1450-1850
