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War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849 (Paperback)
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War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849 (Paperback)
Series: Asian States and Empires
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This book argues that the role of the British East India Company in
transforming warfare in South Asia has been overestimated. Although
it agrees with conventional wisdom that, before the British, the
nature of Indian society made it difficult for central authorities
to establish themselves fully and develop a monopoly over armed
force, the book argues that changes to warfare in South Asia were
more gradual, and the result of more complicated socio-economic
forces than has been hitherto acknowledged. The book covers the
period from 1740, when the British first became a major power
broker in south India, to 1849, when the British eliminated the
last substantial indigenous kingdom in the sub-continent. Placing
South Asian military history in a global, comparative context, it
examines military innovations; armies and how they conducted
themselves; navies and naval warfare; major Indian military powers
- such as the Mysore and Khalsa kingdoms, the Maratha confederacy -
and the British, explaining why they succeeded.
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