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The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 by Eaton, Richard M. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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In all of the South Asian subcontinent, Bengal was the region most receptive to the Islamic faith. This area today is home to the world's second-largest Muslim ethnic population. How and why did such a large Muslim population emerge there? And how does such a religious conversion take place? Richard Eaton uses archaeological evidence, monuments, narrative histories, poetry, and Mughal administrative documents to trace the long historical encounter between Islamic and Indic civilizations.<br><br>
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Eaton, Richard M.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780585112633
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Religion, Islam
- Rating
- 4.36 / 5 (36 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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