Permutations of Rajput identity in the West Himalayas, c. 1790-1840
<p>The sustained interaction of local elites and British administrators in the West Himalayas over the decades that surrounded the early colonial encounter (c. 1790-1840) saw the emergence of a distinctly new understanding of communal identity among the leaders of the region. This eventful per...
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| description | <p>The sustained interaction of local elites and British administrators in the West Himalayas over the decades that surrounded the early colonial encounter (c. 1790-1840) saw the emergence of a distinctly new understanding of communal identity among the leaders of the region. This eventful period saw the mountain ('Pahari') kingdoms transform from fragmented, autonomous polities on the fringes of the Indian subcontinent to subjects of indigenous (Nepali, Sikh) and, ultimately, foreign (British) empires, and dramatically altered the ways Pahari leaders chose to remember and represent themselves. Using a wide array of sources from different locales in the hills (e.g., oral epics, archival records and local histories), this thesis traces the Pahari elite's transition from a nebulous group of lineage-based leaders to a cohesive unitary milieu modelled after contemporary interpretations of Hindu kingship. This nascent ideal of kingship is shown to have fed into concurrent understandings of Rajput society in the West Himalayas and ultimately to have sustained the alliance between indigenous rulers and British administrators.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a5436935-3a87-4702-8b0a-471643633c462022-03-27T02:39:14ZPermutations of Rajput identity in the West Himalayas, c. 1790-1840Thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:a5436935-3a87-4702-8b0a-471643633c46HistoryAdministrationColoniesPolitics and governmentBritishIndiaGreat Britain19th centuryKings and rulersSocial life and customs18th centuryHimachal Pradesh (India)EnglishPolonsky Theses Digitisation Project2010Moran, AWashbrook, D<p>The sustained interaction of local elites and British administrators in the West Himalayas over the decades that surrounded the early colonial encounter (c. 1790-1840) saw the emergence of a distinctly new understanding of communal identity among the leaders of the region. This eventful period saw the mountain ('Pahari') kingdoms transform from fragmented, autonomous polities on the fringes of the Indian subcontinent to subjects of indigenous (Nepali, Sikh) and, ultimately, foreign (British) empires, and dramatically altered the ways Pahari leaders chose to remember and represent themselves. Using a wide array of sources from different locales in the hills (e.g., oral epics, archival records and local histories), this thesis traces the Pahari elite's transition from a nebulous group of lineage-based leaders to a cohesive unitary milieu modelled after contemporary interpretations of Hindu kingship. This nascent ideal of kingship is shown to have fed into concurrent understandings of Rajput society in the West Himalayas and ultimately to have sustained the alliance between indigenous rulers and British administrators.</p> |
| spellingShingle | History Administration Colonies Politics and government British India Great Britain 19th century Kings and rulers Social life and customs 18th century Himachal Pradesh (India) Moran, A Permutations of Rajput identity in the West Himalayas, c. 1790-1840 |
| title | Permutations of Rajput identity in the West Himalayas, c. 1790-1840 |
| title_full | Permutations of Rajput identity in the West Himalayas, c. 1790-1840 |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Permutations of Rajput identity in the West Himalayas, c. 1790-1840 |
| title_short | Permutations of Rajput identity in the West Himalayas, c. 1790-1840 |
| title_sort | permutations of rajput identity in the west himalayas c 1790 1840 |
| topic | History Administration Colonies Politics and government British India Great Britain 19th century Kings and rulers Social life and customs 18th century Himachal Pradesh (India) |
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