Meena Bhargava
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The complex nature of environmental history and debates on environmental issues have related primarily to contemporary times. However, for a greater understanding of environmental processes, it is imperative to study the medieval–early modern period of Indian history.
The essays in Frontiers of Environment explore the nuances of the environment in medieval–early modern times, discuss the specificities of different regions, and provide a comparative ...
The Mughal Empire is a fascinating mosaic in the history of India. Its power, wealth, territoriality, exquisite and surreal character, and even more so its 'decline', have engaged historians for several decades in a complex, contentious debate. These writings by prominent scholars focus on the various paradigms and assumptions that have shaped the interpretations of this decline.
Was the downfall of this once vast and seemingly stable empire a mere deterioration ...
Bringing together the writings of eminent historians, Exploring Medieval India, volumes I and II, delve into the many interpretations, perspectives and complexities of Indian history across the sixteenth to the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Probing different aspects of India’s society and culture, this volume comprises four thematic clusters—diverse forms of culture; gender and medievalism; patterns of transition; and region, regional ...
This volume comprises three broad thematic divisions: political consolidation and the methods of legitimising rule; agrarian and commercial trends; and religious trends and social movements. A critical introduction places the essays in perspective and provides a broad framework for the study of Indian history. Section one begins with a discussion of the evolution of the numerous political meanings of shari’a in India. Focussing on diplomacy and ...
In the recent years, scholars have been extensively engaged in the study of the transition period in India i.e. eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is through the study of different regions that they have focused on the phenomenon of change and continuity, growth and development and transitions to colonialism. Most of these works are macro-regional. This book on the contrary examines these issues nevertheless with a difference, at the micro-level. The ...
Women, Education, and Politics explores the struggles and triumphs of women's education and their participation in national politics in nineteenth and twentieth century colonial North India. The narrative is woven around Delhi's Indraprastha College, a pioneering institution for women's education in North India. Established in 1924, it was, in fact, the first women's college in Delhi. Discussing the origins and development of IP College, the book explores the ...