Climate of conquest : war, environment, and empire in Mughal North India / Pratyay Nath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nath, Pratyay, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--History--1526-1765.

India.

India--History, Military.

Mughal Empire--History, Military.

Mughal Empire.

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : maps (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

What can war tell us about empire? 'Climate of Conquest' is built around this question. Here the author eschews the conventional way of writing about warfare primarily in terms of battles and technologies. Instead, he unravels the deep connections that Mughal war-making shared with the broader dynamics of society, culture, and politics. In the process, he offers a new analysis of the Mughal empire from the vantage point of war. 'Climate of Conquest' closely studies the dynamics of the military campaigns that helped the Mughals conquer North India and project their power beyond it. The author argues that these campaigns unfolded in constant negotiation with the diverse natural environment of South Asia. The empire sought to discipline the environment and harness its resources to satisfy its own military needs.

Contents:

Environment and the heterogeneous conquest of North India

Moving East, moving West : war, environment, and imperial expansion

Military labour, animals, and the material production of war

Routes, forts, environment, and the making of imperial frontiers

Ideology, empire, and the cultural climate of war.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2019.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-909823-9

0-19-909824-7