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"Kingship and Polity on the Himalayan Borderland" explores the modern transformation of state and society in the Indian Himalaya. Centred on three Rajput led-kingdoms during the transition to British rule (c. 1790-1840) and their interconnected histories, it demonstrates how border making practices engendered a modern reading of #x91;tradition#x92; that informs communal identities to this day. Countering the common depiction of these states as all-male, caste-exclusive entities, it reveals the strong familial base of Rajput polity, wherein women #x97; and regent queens in particular #x97; played a key role alongside numerous non-Rajput groups. Drawing on rich archival records, rarely examined local histories, and nearly two decades of ethnographic research, it offers an alternative to the popular and scholarly discourses that developed with the rise of colonial knowledge. The analysis exposes the cardinal contribution of borderland spaces to the fabrication of group identities. This book will interest historians and anthropologists of South Asia and of the Himalaya, as well as scholars working on postcolonialism, gender, and historiography.--Back cover

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Author

Arik Moran; Willem Schendel; Tina Harris

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9789462985605

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Asian History, Humanities