ART, HISTORY & CULTURE Ane Books Pvt. Ltd. Medieval India Ideas, Traditions and Cultural Values A.M.U. ALIGARH Ali Athar About the Book This book contains twenty three well researched and documented articles by scholars of repute of their respective field of specialization. Traditions and culture of Medieval Kashmir, Kumaon, Deccan and Awadh have been reassessed through new sources of information and fresh interpretations have been put forward for the academics to analyze. 9789389212792 • 300 (Hb) • 2020 • ` 995.00 A.M.U. ty] thou vkSj lekt ALIGARH ftczkbZy iqLrd ds fo"k; esa ty o tyh; lalk/kuksa dh mi;ksfxrk gsrq tutkx`fr ds fy, fd;s x;s Jh vuqie feJ th ds thou Hkj ds ç;klksa ,oa i;kZoj.k ds {ks= esa muds mR—"V ;ksxnku ds fy, mUgsa J)katfy vfiZr djus gsrq fganh Hkk"kk esa ty] thou vkSj lekt fo"k; ij bl iqLrd dks laikfnr djus dk ,d NksVk iz;kl gSA tSlk fofnr gS fd vkt i;kZIr ty&{ks=ksa eas yksxksa }kjk viuh nSfud t+:jr ls T+;knk ikuh dk nksgu djus ds dkj.k ty dh cckZnh gks jgh gS vkSj bl vewY; lalk/ku dh deh ls yksx =Lr Hkh gaSA ty dh deh ls vkt Hkkjr gh ugha cfYd fo'o ds vf/kdka'k ns'k bl leL;k ls tw> jgs gSaA bl iqLrd ds ek/;e ls tgk¡ ,d rjQ fofHkUu fo"k;ksa ij orZeku 'kks/k dk;Z dks mtkxj djus ds lkFk&lkFk mlds mfpr mi;ksx ij t+ksj gS cghsa dbZ fo}kuksa] lekt lq/kkjdksa rFkk i;kZoj.kfonksa }kjk fy[ks x, fopkjksa dks le>us dk Hkh iz;kl gS fd Hkkjr ds yksx ihus ds lkFk&lkFk flapkbZ vkSj vU; mn~ns';ksa ds fy, ty dh ,d&,d cw¡n dks fdl çdkj bdëk djrs jgs gSaA ;g ckr lR; gS fd lekt ds gj oxZ ds yksx ikuh cpkus dk iz;kl vius&vius rjhds ls djrs jgs gSaA fdUrq vkt yksx blls nwj gksrs tk jgs gSaA bl iqLrd esa izkphudky ls iz;ksx esa vkusokyh mu lHkh rduhdksa dk bfrgkldkjksa rFkk “kks/kkfFkZ;ksa }kjk v/;;u fd;k x;k gS] ftlls ty dks fofHkUu #iksa esa mi;ksx esa yk;k tkrk jgk gS tSls&unh&ukyksa] rkykcksa] dqvksa] ckofM+;ksa] csfj;ksa vkfn vkSj blh izdkj vj?kV~Vk] uksfj;k] pjl] jgV] [kM+hu] mUuko vkfn ikjEifjd iz.kkfy;ksa dk iz;ksxA 9789388264525 • 480 (Pb) • 2019 • ` 695.00 Water Management System in the Desert Region of Rajasthan A.M.U. (Thirteenth-Eighteenth Centuries) ALIGARH Jibraeil About the Book The present book celebrates the people of the desert region of Rajasthan, who succeeded in developing new techniques to preserve water for their agricultural requirements, not withstanding the dearth they had faced year after year. The most commendable contribution towards water management was by the Paliwal Brahmins, called as ‘The men with scientific knowledge about water management in deserts’, they cluefully managed preservation of both surface and groundwater. The science of underground water movement was well understood by the planners of the wells. Since the water bodies were located at the slope of tanks, water percolated in ground and probably created an underground passage known in the local parlance as gupt nadi. Contents Preface, Abbreviations, List of Figures, 1. Introduction, 2. Water Harvesting and Irrigation Techniques in Phalodi, 3. Technique of Irrigation and Agricultural Production in Nagaur, 4. Water Bodies and Harvesting Techniques in Bikaner, 5. Water Harvesting Techniques in Churu, Chhapar and Bidasar, 6. Water Harvesting and Irrigation Techniques in Jaisalmer, Conclusion, Appendices, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. 9789386761446 • 218 (Hb) • 2018 • ` 995.00 www.anebooks.com 1 ART, HISTORY & CULTURE ART, HISTORY & CULTURE History of Modern India Origin and Growth of Feudalism Anand Kumar Jha Manika Raj Priya About the Book About the Book Feudalism was a set of legal and military customs in mediaeval Europe that structured Many people in the Western world think of India as an inert and distant [grouping] of society in a way that the poorest worked the land and had to pay the rich for the right to people and poverty, a combination of the exotic and tragic. This misperception, do so. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships popularized through years of media stereotyping, conceals reality. In fact, India is a derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour. In its origin, the vibrant society with an increasingly vigorous internal dynamic and an increasing feudal grant of land had been seen in terms of a personal bond between lord and influence, directly and indirectly, in the world. Its significance lies not only in its vassal, but with time and the transformation of fiefs into hereditary holdings, the nature size—some 1200 million Indians are 18 percent of the planetary population—but also of the system came to be seen as a form of "politics of land". The 11th century in in the questions raised by the path India has chosen in domestic and foreign policy. France saw what has been called by historians a "feudal revolution" or "mutation" and a This nation is the largest functioning democracy, with regular and freely contested "fragmentation of powers" (Bloch) that was unlike the development of feudalism in elections. During the late 16th and the 17th Centuries, the European trading companies in India competed with England or Italy or Germany in the same period or later. Feudalism itself decayed and effectively disappeared in each other ferociously. By the last quarter of the 18th Century the English had outdone all others and established most of Western Europe by about 1500, partly since the military power of kings shifted from armies consisting of themselves as the dominant power in India. The British administered India for a period of about two centuries and the nobility to professional fighters (effectively reducing the nobility's power), but also because the Black Death brought about revolutionary changes in the social, political and the economic life of the country. The present book reduced the nobility's hold on the lower classes. The system lingered on in parts of Central and Eastern Europe as provides a definitive account of events and movements that led to the formation of modern, independent India. late as the 1850s. Russia finally abolished serfdom in 1861. However, even when the original feudal relationships This book is a good read for the students of Indian modern history and candidates preparing for competitive had disappeared, there were many institutional remnants of feudalism left in place. The present book is an effort to examinations. understant the origin and growth of feudalism, and deals with the political, economic and social aspect of Indian feudalism. Students of sociology and economics will find this book useful in their graduation courses. Contents 1. Establishment of the British Rule in India 2. Colonial Economy 3. Resistance to Colonial Rule 4. Socio-Cultural Contents Impact of Colonial Rule in India 5. Economy 1858-1914, 6. Early Indian Nationalism 7. Inter-War Economy of India 1. Introduction 2. The Origins of Feudalism 3. The Slave Mode of Production 4. The Feudal Mode of Production 8. Nationalism under Gandhi`s Leadership 9. Other Strands of the National Movement 10. Towards Freedom 5. Vassalage 6. Feudalism and the State 7. Feudalism in South ASIA 8. Peasant Production and Medieval Indian 11. India after Independence 9. Major Dynasties of North India and Feudalism 9789386806529 • 300 (Hb) • 2019 • ` 1600.00 9789386807052 • 300 (Hb) • 2018 • ` 795.00 History of Magic and Superstition Palaces, Forts and Walled Cities Birendra Kumar Singh C. Bhushan Mishra About the Book About the Book Since the emergence of the study of religion and the social sciences, magic has been From very early history to modern times, walls have often been necessary for cities to a central theme in the theoretical literature produced by scholars operating in these survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the academic disciplines. Superstition is a pejorative term for any belief or practice that is Indus Valley Civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, irrational - i.e., it arises from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or causality, a large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of positive belief in fate or magic, or fear of that which is unknown. "Superstition" also Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). Fortifications are refers to religious beliefs or actions arising from irrationality. While we live in a military constructions or buildings designed for the defense of territories in warfare, technologically and scientifically advanced age, superstition is as widespread as and also used to solidify rule in a region during peace time. Humans have constructed ever. Throughout history, there have been examples of individuals who engaged in defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex practices that their societies called magic and who sometimes referred to themselves as magicians. Within designs. The arrival of explosive shells in the 19th century led to yet another stage in the evolution of fortification. modern occultism, there are many self-described magicians and people who practice magic. In this environment, Steel-and-concrete fortifications were common during the 19th and early 20th centuries. However the advances in the concept of magic has again changed, usually being defined as a technique for bringing about changes in the modern warfare since World War I have made large-scale fortifications obsolete in most situations.