{"product_id":"the-rise-of-islam-and-the-bengal-frontier-12041760-9780520205079","title":"The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing the long historical encounter between Islamic and Indic civilizations, this work explores how and why such a large Muslim population emerged in Bengal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For the study of Islam in Bengal, [\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1207-1760\u003c\/i\u003e] is . . . the most important book to appear to date, and it deserves to be read by all historians of India and the Islamic world.\"  * International History Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Enormously rich and insightful.\" * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Magnificent. . . . Eaton has provided something unique in Indo-Islamic studies. . . . [He] ranges over the important aspects of that community's history, whether political and social, or cultural and religious. . . . This study must rank among the finest contributions to South Asian scholarship to appear for some while.\"  * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\"Richard M. Eaton takes up two original questions and provides answers that should remain definitive.\" * International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Note on Translation and Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART ONE BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS\u003cbr\u003e 1. Before the Turkish Conquest\u003cbr\u003e Bengal in Prehistory\u003cbr\u003e Early Indo-Aryan Influence in Bengal\u003cbr\u003e The Rise of Early Medieval Hindu Culture\u003cbr\u003e The Diffusion of Bengali Hindu Civilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Articulation of Political Authority\u003cbr\u003e Perso-Islamic Conceptions of Political Authority,\u003cbr\u003e Eleventh-Thirteenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e A Province of the Delhi Sultanate, 1204-1342\u003cbr\u003e The Early Bengal Sultanate, 1342-ca. 1400\u003cbr\u003e The Rise of Raja Ganesh (ca. 1400-1421)\u003cbr\u003e Sultan ]alai al-Din Muhammad (1415-32) and His Political\u003cbr\u003e Ideology\u003cbr\u003e The Indigenization of Royal Authority, 1433-1538\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Early Sufis of the Delta\u003cbr\u003e The Question of Sufis and Front-ier Warfare\u003cbr\u003e Bengali Sufis and Hindu Thought\u003cbr\u003e Sufis of the Capital\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Economy, Society, and Culture\u003cbr\u003e The Political Economy of the Sultanate\u003cbr\u003e Ashraf and Non-Ashraf Society\u003cbr\u003e Hindu Society- Responses to the Conquest\u003cbr\u003e Hindu Religion- the Siva-Siilcta Complex\u003cbr\u003e Hindu Religion- the Vaishnava Complex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and Protagonists\u003cbr\u003e Four Conventional Theories of Islamization in India\u003cbr\u003e Theories of Islamization in Bengal\u003cbr\u003e The Appearance of a Bengali Muslim Peasantry\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART TWO BENGAL UNDER THE MUGHALS\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Rise of Mughal Power\u003cbr\u003e The Afghan Age, 1537-1612\u003cbr\u003e The Early Mughal Experience in Bengal, 1574-1610\u003cbr\u003e The Consolidation of Mughal Authority, 1610-1704\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7· Mughal Culture and Its Diffusion\u003cbr\u003e The Political Basis of Mughal Culture in Bengal\u003cbr\u003e The Place of Bengal in Mughal Culture\u003cbr\u003e The Place of Islam in Mughal Culture\u003cbr\u003e The Administration of Mughal Lawthe\u003cbr\u003e Villagers' View\u003cbr\u003e West Bengal: The Integration of Imperial Authority\u003cbr\u003e The Northern Frontier: Resistance to Imperial Authority\u003cbr\u003e East Bengal: Conquest and Culture Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Islam and the Agrarian Order in the East\u003cbr\u003e Riverine Changes and Economic Growth\u003cbr\u003e Charismatic Pioneers on the Agrarian Frontier\u003cbr\u003e The Religious Gentry in Bakarganj and\u003cbr\u003e Dhaka, 1650-1760\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9· Mosque and Shrine in the Rural Landscape\u003cbr\u003e The Mughal State and the Agrarian Order\u003cbr\u003e The Rural Mosque in Bengali History\u003cbr\u003e The Growth of Mosques and Shrines in Rural Chittagong,\u003cbr\u003e 1666-1760\u003cbr\u003e The Rise of Chittagong's Religious Gentry\u003cbr\u003e The Religious Gentry of Sylhet\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Rooting of Islam in Bengal\u003cbr\u003e Inclusion\u003cbr\u003e Identification\u003cbr\u003e Displacement\u003cbr\u003e Literacy and Islamization\u003cbr\u003e Gender and Islamization\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Mint Towns and Inscription Sites under Muslim\u003cbr\u003e Rulers, 1204-1760\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Principal Rulers of Bengal, 1204-1757\u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864840745303,"sku":"9780520205079","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520205079.jpg?v=1722273220","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rise-of-islam-and-the-bengal-frontier-12041760-9780520205079","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}