The Making of Early Medieval India, Second Edition

Description

This volume explores the processes and nature of change in Indian society over a period of about six hundred years, between the seventh and the thirteenth centuries. The notion of change articulated in these essays marks a radical departure from what exists in the current historiography of the period. Change here is shown as being represented by processes of progressive transformation, and not-as in the many available visions of the period-by the breakdown of an earlier social order. The essays provide an alternative perspective of the making of early medieval society in India. This new edition comes with an extensive introduction updating the research on the subject.

This book will be an important reading for undergraduate and post graduate students, teachers, and researchers of medieval Indian history.

About the author

Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya is former Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is also the series editor of Debates in Indian History and Society series, OUP India, Delhi.

Table of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1: Introduction: The Making of Early Medieval India
2: Irrigation in Early Medieval Rajasthan
3: Origin of the Rajputs: The Political, Economic and Social Processes in Early Medieval Rajasthan
4: Markets and Merchants in Early Medieval Rajasthan
5: Early Memorial Stones of Rajasthan: A Primary Analysis of Their Inscriptions
6: Trade and Urban Centres in Early Medieval North India
7: Urban Centres in Early Medieval India: An Overview
8: Political Processes and the Structure of Polity in Early Medieval India
9: Religion in a Royal Household: A Study of Some Aspects of Rajasekhara's Karpuramanjari
Bibliography
Index