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The Indian Frontier: Horse and Warband in the Making of Empires

The Indian Frontier: Horse and Warband in the Making of Empires

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General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesMilitary Strategy

ISBN10: 1138095370
ISBN13: 9781138095373
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 5 2017
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
The books brings together the works of Gommans on the warhorse and its impact on medieval and early modern state-formation in South Asia. Gommans observes that Indian empires always had to deal with a highly dynamic inner frontier between semi-arid wilderness and settled agriculture. Such inner frontiers could only be bridged by the ongoing movements of Turkish, Afghan, Rajput & other warbands. In discussing the breeding trading of horses & their role in medieval and early modern South Asian warfare, he also makes comparisons with Europe and the Middle East.

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