Rajput Lineages and the Colonial State in Nineteenth-Century North India

Malavika Kasturi

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study of the encounter between the Rajputs of North India and the British in the nineteenth century focuses on factors such as caste, kinship, and colonial relations. It examines the reconstitution of Rajput identity through property and inheritance strategies, marriage, female infanticide, feuding, banditry, rebellion and collective violence.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195657876
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	12 Sep 2002
DEWEY:	305.89147
DEWEY edition:	21
Number of pages:	272
Weight:	549g
Height:	215mm
Width:	140mm
Spine width:	23mm