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Urban Histories of Rajasthan: Religion, Politics and Society (1550-1800)

Urban Histories of Rajasthan: Religion, Politics and Society (1550-1800)

Thelen, Elizabeth M.

Hardcover

Series: Studies in the History and Culture of the Persianate World of the British Institute of Persian Studi

General World HistoryIndian & South Asian History

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ISBN10: 1909942669
ISBN13: 9781909942660
Publisher: Gingko
Published: Jun 20 2022
Pages: 261
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
An exploration of religious conflicts in premodern urban India.

Diverse peoples intermingled in the streets and markets of premodern Indian cities. This book considers how these diverse residents lived together and negotiated their differences. Which differences mattered, when and to whom? How did state actions and policies affect urban society and the lives of various communities? How and why did conflict occur in urban spaces? Through these questions, this book explores the histories of urban communities in the three cities of Ajmer, Nagaur, and Pushkar in Rajasthan, between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The focus of this study is on everyday life, contextualizing religious practices and conflicts by considering patterns of patronage and broader conflict patterns within society. The book examines various archival documents, from family and institutional records to state registers, and uses these documents to demonstrate the complex and sometimes contradictory ways religion intersected with politics, economics, and society. The author shows how many patronage patterns and processes persisted in altered forms, and how the robustness of these structures contributed to the resilience of urban spaces and society in precolonial Rajasthan.

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