Religion, state and society in medieval India : collected works of S. Nurul Hasan / edited by Satish Chandra

Includes index.

PART I: THE HISTORIAN’S TASK : Indian history: a synoptic view -- Mediaeval Indian history: danger of communal interruption and the need for reconsidering priorities -- Perspective on regional history: medieval Punjab -- Value and importance of urban history -- Historian and the business communities -- PART II: STATE, RELIGION, AND THE RULING CLASS : Aspects of state and religion in medieval India -- The Mahzar of Akbar's reign -- Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi and Mughal politics -- The problem of Nationalities in medieval India -- New light on the relations of the early Mughal rulers with their nobility -- The theory of the Nurjahan ‘Junta’: a critical examination -- Zamindars under the Mughals -- Three studies of the Zamindari system -- Aspects of the Zamindari system in the Deccan (1695-1707) -- Further light on Zamindars under the Mughals: a case study of (Mirza) Raja Jai Singh under Shahjahan -- PART III: RURAL ECONOMY AND TOWNS : Revenue administration of the Jagir of Sahsaram by Farid (Sher Shah) -- The pattern of Agricultural production in the territories of Amber (c.1650-1750) -- Prices of food grains in the territories of Amber (c.1650-1750) -- Agra -- The morphology of a medieval Indian city: a case study of Shahjahanabad in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century -- Thoughts on agrarian relations in Mughal India -- PART III: TRACES FROM THE PAST : Lataifi-i-Quddusi: a contemporary Afghan source for the study of Afghan-Mughal conflict -- Abu’l Fadl -- Nigar Nama-i-Munshi: a valuable collection of documents of Aurangzeb’s reign -- Du Jardin papers: a valuable source for the economic history of Northern India, 1778-87