The crisis of empire in Mughal north India
An edition of The crisis of empire in Mughal north India (1986)
Awadh and the Punjab, 1707-48
By Muzaffar Alam
Publish Date
1986
Publisher
Oxford University Press,Oxford University Press, USA
Language
eng
Pages
365
Description:
"The collapse of the Mughal empire has often been characterized as a period of political fragmentation, social unrest, and economic decay. Contrasting two regions in north India--Awadh and the Punjab--Muzaffar Alam contends that even as the empire declined, there emerged a new, regionally-based political order, maintained and controlled by former Mughal rulers. From agrarian uprisings to the jagiardari system, the Sikhs to the Zamindars, this book presents a bold new interpretation of an important transition in Indian government." -- Publisher's information.