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020			_a9780198060192
028			_aSARAS Books _b;2/31,Ansari Road,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002 _c;IN37610 _d;31/08/2018
082			_a954.75023 SHE
100			_aSamira Sheikh
245			_aForging a region _b: sultans, traders, and pilgrims in Gujarat, 1200-1500 _c/Samira Sheikh
260			_aNew Delhi _b: Oxford University Press _c, 2010.
300			_axii, 265 pages _c ; 23 cm.
365			_b795
490			_aSOAS studies on South Asia.
505			_aIntroduction ---- 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aHistory
655			_aGujarat (India) -- History -- To 1500. _bSocial conditions
700			_aSamira Sheikh
942			_cBOOK
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