Contestations and accommodations : Mewat and Meos in Mughal India / Suraj Bhan Bhardwaj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhardwaj, Suraj Bhan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meo (Indic people).

History.

Mevāt (India)--Social conditions.

Mevāt (India).

Mevāt (India)--Economic conditions.

Mevāt (India)--Politics and government.

Meo (Indic people)--India--Mevāt--History.

Economic history.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

India--Mevāt.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 285 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

'Contestatoions and Accommodations' charts the social, economic, and political history of Mewat from the 13th to the early 18th centuries. Denting the conventional image of communities in medieval India as self-sufficient, changeless, and autonomous entities, it takes up the case of Meo community of Mewat to argue that communities have regularly undergone profound socio-economic changes.

Contents:

1 State Formation in Mewat: Relationship of the Khanzadas with the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal State, and Other Regional Potentates 11

2 Natural Settings: Potential and Constraints 38

3 Social Formation of Meos: From Tribe to Caste 93

4 Resources of Mewat: Appropriation and Distribution 135

5 The Bhomias 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index.

ISBN:

9780199462797

0199462798

OCLC:

948809931