The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and the Punjab 1707-1748

by Muzaffar Alam

The collapse of the Mughal empire has often been characterized as a period of political fragmentation, social unrest, and economic decay. Contrasting two regions in north India--Awadh and the Punjab--Muzaffar Alam contends that even as the empire declined, there emerged a new, regionally-based political order, maintained and controlled by former Mughal rulers. From agrarian uprisings to the jagiardari system, the Sikhs to the Zamindars, this book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195630009
• ISBN13: 9780195630008
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 5.4"