The crisis of empire in Mughal north India
Subtitle: Awadh andthe Punjab, 1707-48
By: Muzaffar Alam.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Delhi; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of 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.
Notes: Bibliography, p319-342. - Includes index.