The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal

Title Pages
	Kumkum Chatterjee
Title Pages
(p.i) The Cultures of History in Early Modern India (p.ii) (p.iii) The Cultures of History in Early Modern India
Title Pages
Dedication
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Dedication
(p.ix) Acknowledgements
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(p.ix) Acknowledgements
(p.ix) Acknowledgements
(p.ix) Acknowledgements
Note
	Notes:
(p.xii) Note on Transliteration and Usage
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(p.xii) Note on Transliteration and Usage
Introduction
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Introduction
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Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Introduction
Composing History
Introduction
	The Critique of Pre-Modern Indian Historiography
Introduction
Introduction
	Pre-Modern Indian Historiography
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Political Culture and History: The Mughal Empire and Persianization
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Interactions between Islamicate and Indic Cultures
The Book and its Plan
Introduction
Introduction
	Notes:
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
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Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	Polity, Culture, and the Literary Universe
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Abstract and Keywords
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
The Bengal Polity
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	Rajas, Zamindars, and the Experience of Mughal Rule
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
The Cultural Environment
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
The Literary Universe
	The Bengali Literary Tradition
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	The Sanskrit Language and Literary Tradition
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	The Persian Language and Literary Tradition
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	The Genealogy of Persian in Sultanate Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	The Genealogy of a Concept—I: Ithasa/Purana
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	Itihasa and Kavya
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	(p.50) The Genealogy of a Concept—II: Tarikh
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
	Notes:
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
Mapping Early Modern Bengal
The Genealogical Tradition
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The Genealogical Tradition
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Abstract and Keywords
The Genealogical Tradition
Origin and Development of Kulagranthas
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
Language, Format, and Function of the Kulagranthas
The Genealogical Tradition
	Conditions of Production and Dating of Kulagranthas
The Genealogical Tradition
	The Substantive Dimension of the Kulajis
The Genealogical Tradition
Ideological Function of the Kulagranthas
The Genealogical Tradition
	Ballala Sena's ‘kula bidhi’ and Cultural/Ideological Forces in Bengal Between the Eighth and Twelfth Centuries
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
	The Ideological Concerns of the Post-Twelfth Century
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
	The Reforms of Udayanacharya Bhaduri
The Genealogical Tradition
	The Reforms of Debibar Ghatak
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
(p.84) The Authority, Legitimacy, and Historicity of the Kulagranathas
The Genealogical Tradition
	Notes:
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
The Genealogical Tradition
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
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Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
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Abstract and Keywords
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Genealogy and other Features of the Mangalkavyas
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
The Performance-Dimension of the Mangalkavyas
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
The Social Context of the Mangalkavyas
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
The Functions of Mangalkavyas
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Three Mangalkavyas: the Annadamangala, the Maharashtapurana, and the Gaurimangala
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Poets and Patrons
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
The Thematic and the Generic in the Annadamangal and the Maharashtapurana
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Transgressing the Genre
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Historicizing Transgression
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
The Gaurimangala: A Point of Contrast
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
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Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Performance Narratives and the Mughal Factor
Prose Narratives of Kings
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Prose Narratives of Kings
	Between ‘Old’ and ‘New’
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Abstract and Keywords
Prose Narratives of Kings
The Transition from Verse to Prose
Prose Narratives of Kings
(p.125) History and Context of Prose-Use in Bengal
Prose Narratives of Kings
Persian and Bengali Prose: the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
The Authors
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
The Raja Pratapaditya Charitra, Maharaja Krishnachandra Roysya Charitram, and the Rajabali
Prose Narratives of Kings
	Sanskritic/Puranic Influences
Prose Narratives of Kings
	Persianate Influences
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
	Methodological Strategies
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
The Raja Pratapaditya Charitra, Maharaja Krishnachandra Roysya Charitram, and the Rajabali: between the ‘Old’ and the ‘New’
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
	Notes:
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Prose Narratives of Kings
Saving the Mughal Legacy
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Saving the Mughal Legacy
	The Tarikhs of the Nawabi World
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Abstract and Keywords
Saving the Mughal Legacy
The Bengal Tarikhs and their Social Context
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Substance, Purpose, and Methodology of the Bengal Tarikhs
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
The Reconstructed Tradition: the Paradigm of Mughal Decline
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
The Ruler, the Bureaucracy, and the Goal of Government
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Government as a System of Moral Principles
Saving the Mughal Legacy
The English East India Company: A Reversal of the Principles on which Government Ought to be Based
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
The Timing and Function of the Bengal Tarikhs
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
(p.181) The Bengal Tarikhs and Colonial Knowledge
Saving the Mughal Legacy
	Notes:
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
Saving the Mughal Legacy
The English East India Company
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The English East India Company
	Reflections on Mughal Traditions of Governance
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Abstract and Keywords
The English East India Company
Context and Imperative
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
A Preoccupation with the Mughals and their ‘Institutes’ of Government
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The Concept of Asiatic/Oriental Despotism: A Modification
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
	Despotism, the Mughal Precedent, and the Company's State
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
Ancient India: Culture, Ethnography, and Historiography
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
Concept of History and Methodology
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
	Notes:
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
The English East India Company
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
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Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
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Abstract and Keywords
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
The World of Islam and Persian
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Persian in the Mughal Empire and Mughal Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
(p.221) Mughal Political/Courtly Culture and Persianization
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Persian in Mughal Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Persianization and Islamization
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
The Limits of Persianization
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
	Notes:
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Mughal Culture and Persianization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Bengal
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
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Conclusion and Afterthoughts
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Abstract and Keywords
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
	Notes:
Conclusion and Afterthoughts
(p.261) Bibliography
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	Secondary Sources
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(p.281) Index
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