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Title Page Copyright page CONTENTS Introduction SECTION 1

1. THE LAND AND THE BACKGROUND SETTING Introduction The Background Setting: Geography of Rajasthan The Aravalli Range The Major Rivers of Rajasthan The Geology of Rajasthan Water Collection and Storage Systems Traditional Geographical, Political and Cultural Divisions 2. A PICTURE UNFOLDS: THE PRE- AND PROTO-HISTORY OF RAJASTHAN Introduction Climate and Climatic Changes in Pre- and Proto-historic Times: A Summary The Prehistory and Protohistory of Rajasthan The Palaeolithic (Or 'Old Stone Age') Period Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic The Mesolithic (Or 'Late Stone Age') Sites of Rajasthan Chalcolithic Cultures The Early, Mature and Post-Harappan Sites of Rajasthan The Ahar Culture The Ganeshwar-Jodhpura Copper Complex Iron Age Cultures The Painted Grey Ware Using Sites Iron in Southeast Rajasthan Northern Black Polished Ware Early Art

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3. THE EARLY HISTORICAL PERIOD – c. 500 BC TO AD 300 Introduction Early Kingdoms and Republics Rajasthan Between the c. 300 BC – AD 300 Period Aspects of Society, Economy, Religion, Art and Architecture During this Period The Rajasthan Region at the Beginning of Circa AD 300 4. RAJASTHAN BETWEEN c. AD 300 – AD 700 Introduction Rajasthan During the Time of the Gupta Empire Some Local Chiefships in Rajasthan During the Gupta Age The Guptas, the Huns and the Situation in Rajasthan The Post-Gupta Period — c. AD 500-700 Some Local Kingdoms of Rajasthan The Guhilas The Guhilas of Medpat/Mewar The Guhilas of Kishkindha (Kishkindhpura) The Pratiharas of Mandore The Nagas and Early Towns of Rajasthan The Administrative and Economic Practices in Rajasthan in the Gupta and Post-Gupta Period Art and Architecture in Rajasthan During the c. AD 500-700 Post-Gupta Period

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5. RAJASTHAN BETWEEN c. AD 700 – AD 1200 Introduction Contact, 'Isolation' and Trade Routes Rajasthan Between c. AD 700-1000 (Eighth-Eleventh Centuries AD) Relations with the Arabs During the Early Eighth Century AD The Rajputs: Their 'Origins' and Consolidation of Power in Rajasthan The Imperial Pratiharas — Their Rise, Zenith and Decline: from Nagabhata I to the Successors of Trilochanapala The Imperial Pratiharas and Contemporary Art and Architecture in Rajasthan The Ghaznavide Raids Other Important Clans and Chiefdoms in Rajasthan Between c. AD 700-1000 The Pratiharas of Mandore The Chauhans of Shakambhari and Nadol The Nadol Branch The Mauryas of Chittor and Kota The Nagas The Parmars The Parmars of Abu The Parmars of Vagar The Parmars of Jalore The Parmars of Kiradu and/or Bhinmal The Guhilas of Chatsu, Mewar and Dhod The Guhilas of Dhod The Guhilas of Chatsu The Bhatis of Western Rajasthan The Tomars Other Groups Post-Imperial Pratihara Struggle for Supremacy The Chauhans of Shakambhari-Ajmer During the c.1000-1200 Period The Age of Prithviraj III Other Ruling Families and Clans of Rajasthan Up to c. AD 1200 Aspects of the Art and Architecture, Religious Trends, and Administrative and Economic Practices in Rajasthan During the c. AD 1000-1200 Period Rajasthan at the End of the Twelfth Century AD 6. RAJASTHAN BETWEEN c. AD 1200 – AD 1500 Introduction Transformation, Consolidation and the Re-drawing of Older Boundaries in Rajasthan in the Thirteenth Century AD Rajasthan and the Delhi Sultanate During AD 1200-1300 The Chauhans of Ranthambore The Chauhans of Jalore The Parmars of Abu Nagaur: A Much Contested Possession Rajasthan at the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century AD The Chauhans of Ranthambore and Alauddin Khilji Chittor and its Conquest by Alauddin Khilji The Fall of Siwana The Chauhans of Jalore and Alauddin Khilji's Conquest Victors and the Vanquished — Some Aspects The Delhi Sultanate and its Impact Upon Rajasthan During the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries The Political History of the States of Rajasthan (c. AD 1200-1500) The Guhila-Sisodias of Mewar Other Guhila States The Guhilots of Vagar/Dungarpur The Deora Chauhans of Sirohi The Hada Chauhans of Bundi The Bhatis of Western Rajasthan The Sankhlas of Janglu The Rathores of Marwar The Rathores of Bikaner The Kachchwahas of Dhoondhar (Or Amber/Jaipur) The Shekhawats of Shekhawati The Yaduvamshis of Eastern and North-Eastern Rajasthan Mewat and the 'Mewatis' of Eastern and North-Eastern Rajasthan The Badgujars The Tanwars of Dholpur The Kyam-Khanis of Shekhawati The Political History of Nagaur Region Rajput Relations with 'Indigenous' Groups Like the Meenas, Bhils, and Meds and So on Rajput-Muslim Interactions and Matrimonial Alliances Aspects of Art, Architecture, Literature, Religion, Economy, Society and Governance, and Relations with Neighbouring States, etc. During c. AD 1200 – 1500 Rajasthan at the End of the Fifteenth Century

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7. RAJASTHAN BETWEEN c. AD 1500 – AD 1600 Introduction The Sultanate of Delhi, the Mughals and the Sur Dynasty Rulers The Various States of Rajasthan During the Sixteenth Century The State of Mewar Other Guhila States The State of Dungarpur The State of Banswara The Guhilots and the State of Pratapgarh-Deoliya The State of Amber/Dhoondhar Shekhawati Mewat and the Mewatis The State of Sirohi The State of Bundi The State of Marwar/Jodhpur The State of Bikaner The State of Jaisalmer The State of Karauli Dholpur Inter-religious Interactions and Matrimonial Alliances Some Aspects of Administration, Socio-Economic Conditions, Art and Architecture, Literature, and Religious Beliefs, etc. in Rajasthan in the Sixteenth Century Rajasthan at the Close of the Sixteenth Century 8. RAJASTHAN FROM c. AD 1600 UP TO THE DEATH OF AURANGZEB (AD 1707)) Introduction The Mughal Empire During the Seventeenth Century and Rajput Participation in its Governance and Campaigns The Various Prominent States of Rajasthan in the Seventeenth Century The Kachchwahas of Dhoondhar The Shekhawati Area The State of Marwar/Jodhpur The Rathores of Bikaner The Rathores of Kishangarh The Mewatis The Rise of the Jats — the Kingdom of Bharatpur The State of Mewar/Udaipur Other Guhila States and Principalities Dungarpur Banswara The Guhilots of Pratapgarh-Deoliya Sirohi The State of Bundi The Kingdom of Kota The Kingdom of Jaisalmer Karauli Contemporaneous Archival Records Some Aspects of Art, Architecture, Literature, Socio-cultural and Religious Conditions During the Seventeenth Century Rajasthan at the Beginning of The Eighteenth Century

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9. AN ERA OF DISQUIET AND THE SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES: RAJASTHAN IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AD 1700 – 1800 Introduction The Mughal Empire During the Eighteenth Century and its Interaction with Rajasthan The Rajput States and the Marathas The State of Dhoondhar/Amber-Jaipur The Shekhawati Area Mewar/Udaipur Marwar/Jodhpur Bikaner Jaisalmer Karauli The Narukas of Alwar The 'Jatwara' Kingdoms of Bharatpur and Dholpur Dholpur Bundi Kota Kishangarh Sirohi Dungarpur Banswara Pratapgarh-Deoliya Aspects of the Art, Architecture, Literature, Society, Economy and Religious Trends etc. in the Eighteenth Century Rajasthan at the End of the Eighteenth Century

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10. DIPLOMACY, TRANSFORMATIONS AND BRITISH PARAMOUNTCY: RAJPUTANA DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Introduction Rajasthan and the Marathas, Pindaris and East India Company in the Early Nineteenth Century The Pindaris British Ascendance in Rajasthan: The Rajput States and British Paramountcy The Establishment of the Rajputana Agency The Doctrine of Lapse, the Events of 1857, and the States of Rajputana Post-1858 Rajputana, Sanads (Grants) of Adoption of Heirs, and Relations with the British The States of Rajputana During the Nineteenth Century The State of Tonk British Recognition to the Chiefships of Lawa and Kushalgarh Mewar/Udaipur Dungarpur Banswara Kushalgarh Pratapgarh-Deoliya (Pertabgarh) Marwar Bikaner Kishangarh Karauli Dholpur British Possession of Ajmer-Merwara Jaipur/Amber Alwar The Shekhawati Area Sirohi Bundi Kotah Establishment of Jhalawar Jaisalmer Bharatpur Agrarian Movements British Monopoly Over the Salt Trade of Rajasthan Opium, the British, and the States of Rajputana Aspects of the Art, Architecture, Literature, Society, Economy, Education, etc. in Rajasthan During the Nineteenth Century Rajasthan at the End of the Nineteenth Century

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11. RAJPUTANA 1900 – 1947 Introduction Background to Movements for Agrarian, Political and Socio-economic Reforms in Rajputana and their Concomitant Role in the Formation of Modern Rajasthan The National Movement, British India, and the Princely States of Rajputana (1900-1947) Political Awareness in Rajputana Peasant and Popular Movements and Uprisings Tribal-related Movements Mewar Dungarpur Banswara Pratapgarh-Deoliya Shahpura — from Chiefship to State to Merger Alwar Bharatpur Kotah Bundi Jhalawar Jaisalmer Bikaner Jaipur Marwar Kishangarh Karauli Sirohi Tonk Dholpur British Administered Ajmer-Merwara The Transition from Rajputana to Rajasthan

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12. A NEW AWAKENING: THE MAKING OF PRESENT-DAY RAJASTHAN Introduction Towards the 'Integration' of Rajputana's Princely States The Process and Stages of Integration in Rajasthan The New Political Administration of Rajasthan Aspects of Integration — An Overview Administrative Integration Judicial Integration Financial Integration Integration of the Various States' Armed Forces Various Government Schemes, Programmes, Acts and Attempts for Development Land Reforms and the Abolition of Jagirs etc. Land Reforms and the Protests of the 'Ancien Regime' Inauguration of Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan Municipalities and Urban Local Administration Towards the Future

BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY SOME TRADITIONAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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