num_pages: 304
description: This study of the encounter between Rajputs and the British focuses on caste, kinship, gender, and colonial relations. It examines the reconstitution of Rajput identity through property and inheritance strategies, marriage, female infanticide, feuding, banditry, rebellion, and collectiveviolence.
language: English
title: Embattled Identities: Rajput Lineages and the Colonial State in Nineteenth-Century North India
titlecomplete: Embattled Identities: Rajput Lineages and the Colonial State in Nineteenth-Century North India
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Oxford University Press