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A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761 Eight Indian Lives

Series The New Cambridge History of India, Volume 1.8

Author Richard M. Eaton

Publication Date 2005

Hardback ISBN-13
9780521254847

Hardback ISBN-10
0521254841

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521254847

Overview

In this fascinating account of one of the least known parts of South Asia, Eaton recounts the history of the Deccan plateau in southern India from the fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism. He does so, vividly, through the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and who each represented something particular about the Deccan. In the first chapter, for example, the author describes the demise of the regional kingdom through the life of a maharaja. In the second, a Sufi sheikh illustrates Muslim piety and state authority. Other characters include a merchant, a general, a slave, a poet, a bandit and a female pawnbroker. Their stories are woven together into a rich narrative tapestry, which illumines the most important social processes of the Deccan across four centuries. This is a much-needed book by the most highly regarded scholar in the field.

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Frontmatter

Introduction

Pratapa Rudra (R. 1289–1323): the demise of the regional kingdom

Muhammad Gisu Daraz (1321–1422): Muslim piety and state authority

Mahmud Gawan (1411–1481): Deccanis and Westerners

Rama Raya (1484–1565): élite mobility in a Persianized world

Malik Ambar (1548–1626): the rise and fall of military slavery

Tukaram (1608–1649): non-brahmin religious movements

Papadu (fl. 1695–1710): social banditry in Mughal Telangana

Tarabai (1675–1761): the rise of Brahmins in politics

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