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The question of water and human dependence on river systems has become a major public concern of the twenty-first century. Based on a long term historical study of a flood country in the mid-Ganga basin, Speaking River: Environmental History of a Mid-Ganga Flood Country, 1540-1885 looks at the changing perception of the people of the Ganga region from a useful to a problematic river. Based on environmental, agricultural and cultural histories it explores the ...
This first volume of the series, Interpreting Medieval India (circa 750-1550), is a major departure from earlier textbooks of the kind, not only in terms of its emphasis on elements of change and continuity throughout the medieval period but also because it is the only book of its kind that deals with all three segments of Medieval Indian history including the early medieval period, the Delhi Sultanate and the regions of the time. The book, with its focus on ...
This book takes stock of the socio-economic conditions of the artisans in the eighteenth century India, with special reference to eastern region. Tracing the history of survival of the artisans in the wake of colonial onslaught, it discusses in detail the colonial policy of monopolization of production, the gradual demise of artisans’ economic status and their resistance to formidable European companies. It also explores East India Company’s relations with ...