The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and the Punjab 1707-1748
By (author): "Muzaffar Alam"
Publish Date:
March 3rd 1988
ISBN0195630009
ISBN139780195630008
AsinThe Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and the Punjab 1707-1748
Original titleThe Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and the Punjab 1707-1748 (Oxford India Paperbacks)
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.