Exploring medieval India : sixteenth to eighteenth centuries: politics, economy, religion I / edited by Meena Bhargava

Includes bibliography.

Section:1 Legitimacy, authority, consolidation Sec-2 Agrarian and commercial trends, Sec-3 Religion, movements, disputes SECTION ONE: LEGITIMACY, AUTHORITY, CONSOLIDATION : Sharia, Akhlaq and governance / by Muzaffar Alam -- Diplomacy and diplomatic procedure under the Mughals / by N. R. Farooqui -- Malik Ambar (1548-1626): the rise and fall of military slavery / by Richard M. Eaton -- Robes of honour: a transactional kingly ceremony / by Stewart Gordon -- Akbar's initial encounter with the chief's: accident vs design in the process of subjugation / by Ahsan Raza Khan -- The formulation of Imperial Authority under Akbar and Jahangir / by John F. Richards -- SECTION TWO: AGRARIAN AND COMMERCIAL TRENDS : Thoughts on agrarian relations in Mughal India / by S. Nurul Hasan -- Conformity and conflict: tribes and the agrarian system of Mughal India / by Chetan Singh -- Forests, people and state: continuities and changes / by Meena Bhargava -- Brokers in western Indian port cities: their role in servicing foreign merchants / by M. N. Pearson -- Cooperation and conflict among European traders in Indian Ocean in the late eighteenth century / by Om Prakash -- SECTION THREE: RELIGION, MOVEMENTS, DISPUTES : Akbar's personality traits and world outlook: a critical reappraisal / by Iqtidar Alam Khan -- Turning the stone over: Sixteenth century millenarianism from the Tagus to the Ganges / by Sanjay Subramanyam -- Formation of Naqshbandi mysticism: studying the major writings of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi / by Iqbal Sabir -- Krishna's dance and devotion in the temples of seventeenth century Bengal / by Pika Ghosh -- Religious policy of Aurangzeb during the later part of his reign: some considerations / by Satish Chandra -- Mosques, temple and fields of disputations in a late eighteenth century chronicle / by Vasudha Dalmia