TY  - BOOK
AU  - Samira Sheikh
AU  - Samira Sheikh
TI  - Forging a region : : sultans, traders, and pilgrims in Gujarat, 1200-1500
T2  - SOAS studies on South Asia
SN  - 9780198060192
U1  - 954.75023 SHE 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi 
PB  - : Oxford University Press
KW  - History
KW  - Gujarat (India) -- History -- To 1500
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Introduction ----
1. The Regions of Gujarat, c. 100-1200 ---
2. Settlement and authority in Eastern Gujarat ---
3. Pastoralism, trade, and settlement in Saurashtra and Kachchh ---
4. Religion, politics, and patronage in a settling society ---5. Court and state : evolution of a regional consensus, c. 1390-1511
N2  - This volume explores the emergence of Gujarat over three centuries in terms of its political, economic and religious landscape. It also analyses the linguistic and cultural foundations of the formation of the region and its history. It examines how the political scenario was differentiated by a variety of religious and sectarian groups competing for resources and legitimization. The book maps immigration and settlement, struggles over territory, and the evolving networks of trade in response to the strictures imposed by the environment, the climate, and natural resources. Sheikh argues that itinerancy and mobility were crucial to the polity under study and that the patterns of political formation were related to the tension between mobility and sedentarization. She engages with the current debates and conceptions regarding the study of regional histories
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