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100			_aChandra, Satish _928415
245			_aState, pluralism, and the Indian historical tradition / _cSatish Chandra
260			_bOxford Univ. Press , _c2008. _aNew Delhi:
300			_avii,: 196 p.
490			_aOxford India paperbacks
500			_aOriginally published: 2008.
505			_a Introduction -- 1. Concept of state : the Indian perspective and the world -- 2. State and society in Medieval India -- 3. The rise of state and its evolution in Rajasthan : the case of Jodhpur -- 4. Towns in the Orient and Fernand Braudel -- 5. Qasbas in West Rajasthan : small towns during the seventeenth century -- 6. Cultural and political role of Delhi, 1675-1725 -- 7. India's maritime tradition : a review -- 8. Some modern Indian historians : Ishwari Prasad, R.P. Tripathi, Syed Nurul Hasan -- 9. Interaction of Bhakti and Sufi movements in South Asia -- 10. Half a century of India's freedom : retrospect and prospect.
520			_aThis volume explores the nature of the Indian state and policy, in relation to the nature and composition of the ruling class, and the changes and development in society and economy. It deals with the evolution of state, the Indian historical traditions, and the Bhakti and Sufi movements of India.
650			_aCultural pluralism _xBhakti. Sufism _zIndia _928416
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