God, King, and Subject
On the Development of Composite Political Cultures in the Western Himalaya, circa 1800-1900
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3665405 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arik Moran (0000-0002-3451-2050, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 577-600 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021911818002140 |
| OpenAlex | W2939551009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 23 |
The history of British rule in the Indian Himalaya exemplifies the mutual enforcement of social identities and political cultures in modern South Asia. For the Khas ethnic majority of the Himachal Pradesh-Uttarakhand borderland, the colonial power's differentiation between "secular" and "religious" authorities engendered the division of substantially commensurable groups into "caste Hindu" and "tribal" societies. In demarcating borders along the "natural barrier" between the states, the British had severed a politically potent grassroots theocracy from its underlings, consolidated the fragmentation of the Shimla Hill States, and ultimately encouraged the development of a composite political cultures that complemented Khas traditions with Brahmanical creeds from the plains
Ancient history · Archaeology · Caste · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Ethnic group · Geography · Grassroots · Hinduism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · South asia · Theocracy · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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Encountering the Goddess in the Indian Himalaya
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Fairy lore in the high mountains of South Asia and the hymn of the Garhwali fairy ‘Daughter of the Hills’1
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Imperial agendas and India's forests
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |