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Forging a region : sultans, traders, and pilgrims in Gujarat, 1200-1500 /Samira Sheikh

By: Samira SheikhContributor(s): Samira SheikhMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: SARAS Books | ;2/31,Ansari Road,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002Series: SOAS studies on South AsiaPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press , 2010Description: xii, 265 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 9780198060192Subject(s): HistoryGenre/Form: Gujarat (India) -- History -- To 1500.DDC classification: 954.75023 SHE

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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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.

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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