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This book investigates the usefulness of epigraphical evidence for reconstructing the history of Ajmer under the Mughals, the Marathas and the British. The epigraphs studied in this book are spread over a period of more than three centuries and reflect the stormy past of this point d'appui of Rajputana. The author has brought to bear on the work his scientific approach and has laid right stress on the strategic and commercial factors which went a long way in ...
The studies included in this book are intended to open up new vistas of research into the history of the Middle Ages in India. They analyse the factors which were responsible for the ever changing alliances between the Muzaffarids of Gujarat, the Mamluks of Egypt, the Ottomans of Turkey and the Safavis of Persia in their confrontation with the Portuguese. They also examine the causes which led to the emergence of the mercantile class in Gujarat and assess the ...