Mughal warfare: Indian frontiers and highroads to empire, 1500-1700/
Gommans, Jos J. L.
Mughal warfare: Indian frontiers and highroads to empire, 1500-1700/ Jos J. L. Gommans - London; New York: Routledge, 2002. - xv, 268 p.: ill.: maps; 24 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
The Indian frontier -- Monsoon and Arid India -- Frontiers and limites -- Nuclear zones of power -- War-band and court -- Ghazis and sadhus -- Mirzas and Rajputs -- Court society -- The military labour market -- Supply -- Army organisation -- Military marketing -- Camp, warhorse and elephant -- Camp -- Warhorses -- Elephants, dromedaries and oxen -- Forts, guns and sails -- Forts -- Guns -- Oars and sails -- The limits of empire -- The eastern front: Bengal 1608-12 -- The western front: Balkh 1645-8 -- The southern front: Gingee 1689-97 -- Frontier empires -- Infantry revolution and colonial conquest. The Mughal Dynasty 1526-1712. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. App.
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Mughal warfare: Indian frontiers and highroads to empire, 1500-1700/ Jos J. L. Gommans - London; New York: Routledge, 2002. - xv, 268 p.: ill.: maps; 24 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
The Indian frontier -- Monsoon and Arid India -- Frontiers and limites -- Nuclear zones of power -- War-band and court -- Ghazis and sadhus -- Mirzas and Rajputs -- Court society -- The military labour market -- Supply -- Army organisation -- Military marketing -- Camp, warhorse and elephant -- Camp -- Warhorses -- Elephants, dromedaries and oxen -- Forts, guns and sails -- Forts -- Guns -- Oars and sails -- The limits of empire -- The eastern front: Bengal 1608-12 -- The western front: Balkh 1645-8 -- The southern front: Gingee 1689-97 -- Frontier empires -- Infantry revolution and colonial conquest. The Mughal Dynasty 1526-1712. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. App.
0415239885 0415239893
954.025 / GOM/M