Exploring medieval India : sixteenth to eighteenth centuries /
edited by Meena Bhargava.
- New Delhi : Orient BlackSwan, 2010.
- 2 v. : 22 cm.
v. 1. Politics, economy, religion -- v. 2. Culture, gender, regional patterns.
Contents List of Figures, Map andChart vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction MeenaBhargava 1 SECTION ONE: LEGITIMACY, AUTHORITY, CONSOLIDATION L Shari'a, Akhlaq and Governance Muzaffar Alam 43 2. Diplomacy and Diplomatic Procedure under the Mughals N. R. Farooqi 91 3. Malik Ambar (1548-1626): The Rise And Fall Of Military Slavery Richard M. Eaton 121 4. Robes of Honour: A 'Transactional' Kingly Ceremony Stewart Gordon 148 5. Akbar's Initial Encounters with the Chiefs: Accident vs. Design in the Process of Subjugation Ahsan Raza Khan 170 6. The Formulation of Imperial Authority under Akbar and Jahangir John F. Richards 183 SECTION TWO: AGRARIAN AND COMMERCIAL TRENDS 7. Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India S.Nurul Hasan 227 vi Contents 8. Conformity and Conflict: Tribes and the 'Agrarian System' of Mughal India Chetan Singh 259 9. Forests, People and State: Continuities and Changes Meena Bhargava 287 10. Brokers in Western Indian Port Cities: Their Role in Servicing Foreign Merchants M. N. Pearson 307 11. Cooperation and Conflict among European Traders in the Indian Ocean in the Late Eighteenth Century OmPrakash 327 SECTION THREE: RELIGION, MOVEMENTS, DISPUTES 12. Akbar's Personality Traits and World Outlook: ACritical Reappraisal Iqtidar Alam Khan 353 Mdlenarianism from the TSagixutseteontthh-eCGenantugreys Sanjay Subrahmanyarn V—y 14. ^rmation ofNaqshbandi Mysticism: Studying the Major Writings of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi iqbal Sabir 15. Krishna's Dance and Devotion in the Temples of Seventeenth-Century Bengal PikaGhosh Suggested Readings onContributors