Forging a region
Subtitle: sultans, traders, and pilgrims in Gujarat, 1200-1500
By: Samira Sheikh
Series: SOAS studies on South Asia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780198060192
Description: "This volume explores the emergence of Gujarat over three centuries in terms of its political, economic and religious landscape. It also analyses the linguistic and cultural foundations of the formation of the region and its history. It examines how the political scenario was differentiated by a variety of religious and sectarian groups competing for resources and legitimization. The book maps immigration and settlement, struggles over territory, and the evolving networks of trade in response to the strictures imposed by the environment, the climate, and natural resources. Sheikh argues that itinerancy and mobility were crucial to the polity under study and that the patterns of political formation were related to the tension between mobility and sedentarization. She engages with the current debates and conceptions regarding the study of regional histories."-- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-245) and index.