The Marathas 1600-1818: (The New Cambridge History of India)
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Stewart Gordon (Author)
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In this book, Dr Stewart Gordon presents a comprehensive history of one of the most colourful and least-understood kingdoms of India: the Maratha Empire. The empire was founded by Shivaji in the mid-seventeenth century, spread across most of India during the following century, and was conquered by the British in the nineteenth century. Using administrative documents of the Maratha polity, family papers and Histories of the Empire, Stewart Gordon explores the origin of the Marathas, their emergence as elite families, patterns of loyalty and strategies for maintaining legitimacy. He traces how the armies developed into European-style infantry and artillery and assesses the economics that funded the polity, especially taxation and credit. Finally the author considers the lasting effects the empire had on administrations, law and trade patterns of Central India, Gujarat and Maharashtra. 10 Maps
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- Contributor: Stewart Gordon
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521033169
- Number of Pages: 220
- Packaged Dimensions: 151x229x13mm
- Packaged Weight: 339
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2007-02-01
- Series: The New Cambridge History of India
- Binding: Paperback / softback
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