A Memoir of Central India 2 Volume Set

Including Malwa, and Adjoining Provinces
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-05574-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 1152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 250 mm x 325 mm, Gewicht: 1500 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History

Sir John Malcolm (1769–1833) was a soldier and diplomat in British India and Persia. He returned to India on the eve of the British conquest of Malwa, a region of central India previously little known to Europeans, in 1818. Malcolm studied the region's geology, its agriculture and the history of its ruling families. His reports were first published in Calcutta in 1821, and were revised for publication in two volumes in London in 1823. Based on interviews with native inhabitants, Malcolm's work was the leading authority on Malwa until the 1930s. Despite more recent scholarship on the region, Malcolm's work remains valuable for its first-hand account of nineteenth-century Malwa's politics, culture and society. Volume 1 contains overviews of Malwa's geology, agriculture and the government of the leading families. Volume 2 contains Malcolm's recommendations for the future of British rule in Malwa, and an appendix of primary texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malcolm, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; 1. Observations on the geography, soil, climate, and productions of Central India; 2. History of Malwa; 3. Mahratta invasion of Malwa; 4. The families of the Puars of Dhar and Dewass; 5. Family of Sindia; 6. Family of Holkar; 7. Events at the Court of Holkar; 8. Ameer Khan; 9. Nabobs of Bhopal; 10. Rise, progress, and annihilation of the Pindarries; 11. The Rajpoot princes and chiefs of Central India; 12. Government of the states of Central India. Volume 2: 13. Administration of revenue; 14. Population of Central India; 15. Contrasted view of the state of Central India in 1817 and 1821; 16. Reflections on the condition of the British power in Central India; Appendix.