Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (In 2 Volumes)

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Spread over an endless expanse of rocks and ravines, Rajasthan is rich in scenic splendours and age old cultural traditions. Starting right from Stone Age Rajasthan has witnessed various historical and cultural upheavals. The region became much more important when indigenous ruling houses from different parts of India began to be threatened by foreign onslaughts, masses of uprooted people started taking shelter over this area under different compulsions. James Tod’s eighteen years the last five years being spent as the Political Agent in Mewar, Marwar, Jaisalmer , Kotah, Bundi and Sirohi, long and intimate association with the Rajputs and their country largely enabled him to become well acquainted with their history, folk traditions and society. The Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, after its publication brought to entire world not only the resounding echoes of drums and cavalcades from the remote highlands of Rajasthan, awakening people to a blazing trial of imagination about the traditions of courage, chivalry, romance and sacrifice but also its geographical background, economic resources, social system, political organization and religion. This book has been considered by scholars as an indispensable storehouse of material dealing with various facets which usually find no place in any historical account and has thus rightly been called ‘an encyclopaedia on the land including some parts of central and western India in general and Rajasthan and the Rajputs in particular. The collection of material as a vital precondition to the writing of history was never lost sight of by Tod. During his connection with Rajputana he showed an untiring zeal in the search for the historical data which is very well reflected in this book. Despite it’s shortcomings, as this being the first historical work of its kind the book serves as one of the original contributions on Rajasthan which had laid the foundation of the systematic study of the history of the land.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR James Tod

The Founder of modern historiography on Rajasthan, James Tod (1782-1835) was born at Inslington. In the 1798 he joined East India Company's service as an army cadet and rose up to the rank of Lieutenant in 1800. In the year 1805 he was assigned the command of the suite of Graeme Mercer, Agent of Sindhia's court and remained associated with Sindhia's court till 1818 in various capacities which enabled him to collect geographical and topographical data on Rajasthan and central India. His thorough acquaintance with the affairs of Rajputana paved the way for his final appointment in 1818 as Political Agent to the Western states, in which capacity he served the company till his premature retirement due to ill health in June 1822. After returning back to England Tod compiled his material into two valuable works on which rests his abiding place of honour in the field of historical writing the Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan and the Travels in Western India.

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Title
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (In 2 Volumes)
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8121510228, 9788121510226
Length
1332p., Maps; Tables.
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