'Angma Dey Jhala's welcome study ... will appeal to those scholars interested not just in women, gender and the princely states, but also race, sexuality and colonial law.' Gender, Place and Culture 'a groundbreaking work of history' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 'Jhala['s] ... work make[s] an unquestionable contribution to what is perhaps the most understudied arena in princely historiography - a gendered analysis that takes into account women's agency' The Indian Economic and Social History Review