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The two volumes of James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of
Rajast’han, first published in 1829–32, remain to this day the
first port of call for anyone interested in the history and culture
of Rajasthan and the early colonial encounter in India. Written by
the first East India Company official to the region, the text was
also seminal for the early figures in India’s independence
movement who reworked Tod’s imagined ancient Rajput national
identities into a call for India’s national liberation from
British colonial rule. Â Now available in a numbered limited
edition of 750 copies, this re-issue of the original text including
over 80 original copperplate engravings, woodblock prints, and
lithographs returns the text to its original state, while the
accompanying companion volume critically reframes this monumental,
but often misunderstood, work. The new volume shows how Tod’s
Annals is not merely the product of the singular voice of a Western
“orientalist†imagination, instead revealing a richly complex
work in which Rajasthani voices provide a “multi-authoredâ€
heterogeneity to the text which is often discordant and
unpredictable. Re-articulating the variety of voices that
simultaneously inhabit Tod’s Annals, the revised volume argues
for a more conjunctural, contingent, and open-ended reading of
colonial history. Distributed for the Royal Asiatic Society
This is a definite and detailed history of the Rajputs that is also
remarkably readable. Annals of Mewar by James Tod presents the
illustrious history of the Sisodia Rajputs who presided over the
land of Mewar and the vaunted fortress of Chittor. Part history,
part legend, this is an account of the saffron-robed heroes who
guarded Mewar's frontiers, defending her against repeated
invasions, and valued honour above all else. Abridged and retold by
C. H. Payne, this book is a colourful narrative - complete with
illustrations - about legendary rulers like Bappa Rawal, Rana
Sanga, and the jewel of Rajputana, Maharana Pratap. Annals of Mewar
is a tribute to the spirit of the martial Rajput clan.
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