The Slow Conquest

Administrative Integration of Malwa into the Maratha Empire, 1720-1760

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3621695
AutoresStewart N Gordon (autor de correspondencia)
Año1977
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas1-40
Fecha de publicación1977-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaModern Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026749x00013202
OpenAlexW2132142343
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas7

The eighteenth century in India has generally been described as a period of great turbulence, characterized by march and counter-march, rising and falling fortunes, and bewildering political intrigue. Many historians, focusing on this aspect, have dismissed the century as merely an unsavory hiatus between the collapse of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British domination. Yet there was more to the century than the march and counter-march of armies. The other aspect of the period was the emergence of strong successor states in Gujerat, Bengal, Oudhe, Malwa, Hyderabad, Mysore, and the Punjab. Recently, historians have begun exploring these successor states, looking both back towards the Mughal administrative and ideological heritage and forward towards their role as princely states in British India. There are also important issues within the century itself, such as the role of successor states in developing regional language and consciousness, and successor states as channels of economic and social mobility

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · BENGAL · Economic history · Empire · Ideology · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Successor cardinal · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Social and Economic Development in India