Based on an indepth study of a unique historical document, this study throws light on the complexities of state formation and paramount control in north India from the late Mughal to the late colonial period. It provides valuable insights into how political power was acquired and how kinship relations were used for conquest, expansion, consolidation and political relations. Diversities of feudal relations in a period of over two centuries are illumined through the critical evaluation and analysis of this document whose text and translation have been provided with detailed annotation and glossary, supported by chronology and tables and illustrated by maps and plates.
Veena Sachdeva
Veena Sachdeva is Professor of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She specializes in social-economic and political history of medieval India. Her current research interests include state formation in late medieval Punjab, sacred centres in Indian civilization and medieval Indian monuments. In addition to nearly thirty articles on medieval India and medieval Punjab, she has also published a book entitled Kinship and State Formation: The Gills of Nabha, jointly with J.S. Grewal.
J.S. Grewal
J.S. Grewal formerly Professor of History and then Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, and Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, is an eminent historian of the Punjab, and of medieval and modern Indian history in general. His numerous works include Guru Nanak in History (1969); The Sikhs of the Punjab (1990) and Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition (1998).
Veena Sachdeva
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