1st Edition
Medieval Panjab in Transition Authority, Resistance and Spirituality c.1500 – c.1700
By Surinder Singh
Copyright 2022
556 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
556 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
556 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book reconstructs the historical transition in the undivided Panjab during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It shows that the assertion of Mughal and Afghan suzerainty faced sustained resistance from local elements, particularly the autonomous tribes and hill chiefdoms. In central plains, Dulla Bhatti mobilized the toilers of his ancestral domain and, leading a relentless fight... Read more
1. Introduction 2. State Formations and Tribal Resistance 3. Consolidation of the Mughal State 4. Renunciation, Monasticism and Patronage 5. Continuity and Change in Sufi Lineages 6. Spiritual Discourses in Poetic Idiom 7. Uplift of Depressed Castes among the Sikhs 8. Love, Suffering and Death 9. Material and Cultural Life in the City of Lahore 10. The Mughal Quest for Supremacy 11. Conclusion
Biography
Surinder Singh has taught at the Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His last publication was The Making of Medieval Panjab: Politics, Society and Culture, c. 1000–c. 1500.
