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The State in Medieval Kashmir
Rattanlal Hangloo
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Description for The State in Medieval Kashmir
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
This book provides a lucid, informative and comprehensive account of political processes and their varied foundations in medieval Kashmir. It examines some of the principal ways through which the region's social and religious life interacted with the then current political formations to produce peculiar structures of power and domination. The book also analyses in detail problems that the medieval state faced in Kashmir while evolving its ideological apparatus and legitimational tools. Professor Hangloo has put together varied Sanskrit, Persian and other sources on this region's history and passed them through a theoretical lens to ensure a vivid focus and a ... Read more
This book provides a lucid, informative and comprehensive account of political processes and their varied foundations in medieval Kashmir. It examines some of the principal ways through which the region's social and religious life interacted with the then current political formations to produce peculiar structures of power and domination. The book also analyses in detail problems that the medieval state faced in Kashmir while evolving its ideological apparatus and legitimational tools. Professor Hangloo has put together varied Sanskrit, Persian and other sources on this region's history and passed them through a theoretical lens to ensure a vivid focus and a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9788173042515
SKU
V9788173042515
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99-50
About Rattanlal Hangloo
Professor Rattan Lal Hangloo is a Professor in the Department of History at Hyderabad Central University, Andhra Pradesh. His publications include Agrarian System of Kashmir; Situating Medieval Indian State (edited) and a number of articles on Kashmir and medieval India in various journals and proceedings.
Reviews for The State in Medieval Kashmir
"The most stricking contribution of Hangloo lies in highlighting the role of the state in weakening the traditional bonds of the exploited with the dammaras and the brahmins by the sound economic policy inaugurated by the sultans... A significant contribution to the existing historical literature on Kashmir." Medieval history journal. "This vivedly narrated early history of Kashmir is well authenticated ... Read more