Nabanita Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063907 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nabanita Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nabanita |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delhi |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9398-056X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The making of a ‘narco-state’: Opium consumption, trade and regulations on the northeastern frontier of British India
Opium was one of the highly valued-commodities traded in the northeastern frontier of British India. This article argues that the introduction of opium in the region was in line with the British policy of introducing high-value commodities trade in the colonies. This policy helped extract raw materials and expand exchanges in new territories. Second, this policy of introducing cash crops was subtle. Opium was introduced as a cash crop decades bef…
Market Formation in Assam: Nature of Trade in and around the Brahmaputra Valley, C . 1826–1905
The British East India Company (EIC) and other European traders entered Assam for trade. The region thrived on traditional places of exchange. These were haats (markets at the village and district level held at regular intervals), duars, fairs and chawkeys (trading posts of Ahom-age). The Treaty of Yandabo (1826) marked the entry of EIC in parts of Assam. Regimental towns, documented as bazaars in government records, appeared in the nineteenth ce…
The political economy of the early-colonial Brahmaputra valley, circa 1820–1830
The Treaty of Yandabo (1826) marked the colonial conquest of the Brahmaputra valley. Following two decades witnessed calculations and speculations about the prospect of the region as a part of the British colonial empire. Discovery of tea plants and the existence of tradable commodities such as cotton, silks and salt made the region look promising for the East India Company. The early-colonial rulers introduced policy changes in the1820 s and the…
Commodities trade, river transport and colonialism: The Brahmaputra river valley in the nineteenth century
The article seeks to show how Assam’s riverine environment, and its natural resources, generated and inflected a process of commercialisation in the nineteenth century. Historically, present-day Assam was connected to the rest of the world through the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries. In the early decades of colonial rule, plants such as caoutchouc and tea were discovered in the valley. These developments, together with transportation networ…
Trade in the Pre-Colonial Ahom Agrarian Economy
Health seeking behaviour are those activities commenced by individuals in response to a symptom experience.Health seeking behaviour is a major concern in tribal health.In this review paper, the researchers presented evidence on health seeking behaviour and its barriers.A significant number of tribal people still use home remedies and approach traditional medicine practitioner /healers.If not cured, they approach private clinics.Barriers for healt…
Beyond Shangri-La: America and Tibet's move into the twenty-first century
Beyond Shangri-La: America and Tibet's move into the twenty-first century." Contemporary South Asia, 22(4), pp. 430–431
The political economy of the early-colonial Brahmaputra valley, circa 1820–1830
The Treaty of Yandabo (1826) marked the colonial conquest of the Brahmaputra valley. Following two decades witnessed calculations and speculations about the prospect of the region as a part of the British colonial empire. Discovery of tea plants and the existence of tradable commodities such as cotton, silks and salt made the region look promising for the East India Company. The early-colonial rulers introduced policy changes in the1820 s and the…
Beyond Shangri-La: America and Tibet's move into the twenty-first century
Beyond Shangri-La: America and Tibet's move into the twenty-first century." Contemporary South Asia, 22(4), pp. 430–431
Trade in the Pre-Colonial Ahom Agrarian Economy
Health seeking behaviour are those activities commenced by individuals in response to a symptom experience.Health seeking behaviour is a major concern in tribal health.In this review paper, the researchers presented evidence on health seeking behaviour and its barriers.A significant number of tribal people still use home remedies and approach traditional medicine practitioner /healers.If not cured, they approach private clinics.Barriers for healt…
Commodities trade, river transport and colonialism: The Brahmaputra river valley in the nineteenth century
The article seeks to show how Assam’s riverine environment, and its natural resources, generated and inflected a process of commercialisation in the nineteenth century. Historically, present-day Assam was connected to the rest of the world through the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries. In the early decades of colonial rule, plants such as caoutchouc and tea were discovered in the valley. These developments, together with transportation networ…
Market Formation in Assam: Nature of Trade in and around the Brahmaputra Valley, C . 1826–1905
The British East India Company (EIC) and other European traders entered Assam for trade. The region thrived on traditional places of exchange. These were haats (markets at the village and district level held at regular intervals), duars, fairs and chawkeys (trading posts of Ahom-age). The Treaty of Yandabo (1826) marked the entry of EIC in parts of Assam. Regimental towns, documented as bazaars in government records, appeared in the nineteenth ce…
The political economy of the early-colonial Brahmaputra valley, circa 1820–1830
The Treaty of Yandabo (1826) marked the colonial conquest of the Brahmaputra valley. Following two decades witnessed calculations and speculations about the prospect of the region as a part of the British colonial empire. Discovery of tea plants and the existence of tradable commodities such as cotton, silks and salt made the region look promising for the East India Company. The early-colonial rulers introduced policy changes in the1820 s and the…
The making of a ‘narco-state’: Opium consumption, trade and regulations on the northeastern frontier of British India
Opium was one of the highly valued-commodities traded in the northeastern frontier of British India. This article argues that the introduction of opium in the region was in line with the British policy of introducing high-value commodities trade in the colonies. This policy helped extract raw materials and expand exchanges in new territories. Second, this policy of introducing cash crops was subtle. Opium was introduced as a cash crop decades bef…
Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Colonialism (5 works) · Economy (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works)