000			01623nam a2200229 4500
001			18060873
007			ta
010			_a 2013413951
020			_a9789380607399
020			_a9380607393
082	0	4	_a954.025 _bTAB/R
100	1		_aTabir Kalam
245	1	0	_aReligious tradition and culture in eighteenth century north India
260			_aDelhi _bPrimus books _c2013
300			_axii, 187 p.
500			_aRevision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
520			_a Religious Tradition and Culture in Eighteenth Century Northern India contends that the 'decline' in the political scenario of eighteenth century India did not imply an all-round decay and stagnation of society, especially in its religious and cultural realms. The emergence of regional forces, following the disintegration of the Mughal empire, greatly aided the promotion of regional centres which provided the grounds for a religious and cultural efflorescence. Shifting the focus away from the oft-examined political and economic aspects of the eighteenth century transition, the book studies a wide array of primary sources in Persian and in Urdu, to instead bring the study of intellectual and cultural trends to the centre-stage of historiography. It has brought into prominence the vibrant religious-intellectual outpouring, the Shia-Sunni polemics, educational innovations, growth and spread of Urdu and its entanglement with regional sensibilities and regional networks of patronage.
650		0	_aIslamic civilization.
650		0	_aMuslims
650		0	_aIslam
942			_cBK
999			_c66526 _d66526