Earthly Paradise

Trade, Politics and Culture in Early Modern Bengal

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This collection of articles on varied facets of early modern Bengal showcases state of the art in the field and hopes to encourage new research. The essays explore the trading networks, religious traditions, artistic and literary patronage, and politico-cultural practices that emerged in roughly sixteenth-eighteenth centuries. Using a wide array of sources, the contributors to this volume, coming from diverse academic affiliations, and including several young researchers, have attempted to address various historiographical ‘black holes’ bringing in new material and?interpretations.Early modern Bengal’s history tends to get overshadowed by the later developments of the nineteenth century. What this assortment of articles highlights is that this period needs to be studied afresh, and in depth. The region underwent rapid transformations as it got politically integrated with Northern India and its empires and economically with extensive global economic networks. Combined with its unique geography, the trajectory of this region in all spheres manifest an almost constant interplay of local and extra-local forces – be it in literature, art, economic domain, political and religious cultures – and considerable?enterprise?and?ingenuity.Thus, a variety of themes – including travel accounts, Portuguese and Arakanese presence, early Dutch, French, Ostend companies’ forays into the region, artistic production in the Nizamat and later collections of art and missionaries, the English company state’s intrusions in local economy in salt and raw silk production and indigenous reactions and rebellions, consumption practices related to religious activities, circulation and translation of texts, representation of women in vernacular writings, and organization of religious traditions – have been analysed in this volume, with a wide ranging introduction tying?up?the?themes?to?the?broader?historiographical?issues?and?contexts.The collection will be an invaluable reference tool for students and scholars of history,?especially?of?early?modern?India?and?Bengal.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-01
Mått150 x 230 x undefined mm
Vikt950 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor607
FörlagManohar Publishers and Distributors
ISBN9789388540919

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Raziuddin Aquil is Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi. He was previously Fellow in History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. His most recent book is Lovers of God: Sufism and the Politics of Islam in Medieval India (Manohar ). Tilottama Mukherjee teaches in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She is the author of Political Culture and Economy in Eighteenth-Century Bengal: Networks of Exchange, Consumption and Communication (Orient Blackswan).

Foreword by p.j. marshall vii Preface xi1. Introduction: Early Modern Bengal raziuddin aquil 12. Trails of Travellers: Descriptions of an Early Modern Region in Some European Accounts tilottama mukherjee 353. Marauders of the Sundarbans and the Role of the Island of Sagor, 1600-1800 gargi chattopadhyay 834. Beyond the Company and its Commerce: Reviewing the Presence of the VOC in Mughal Bengal, 1600-1700 byapti sur 1235. The Ostend Company’s Worlds: Courtly Interactionsand Local Life in Eighteenth-century Bengalwim de winter 1576. The Organization and Operation of theFrench East India Company in Bengalsandip munshi 1877. Imaging of Courtly Life: Bengal Nizamat in Eighteenth-century Murshidabad Paintings mrinalini sil 229vi Contents8. Salt Smuggling in Eighteenth-century Bengal: A Dilemma of Boundaries arijita manna 2559. Consumer Preferences, Markets and the State in Early Colonial Bengal with Special Reference to Salt sayako kanda 29510. The Books of Religion: Things, Persons, and Consumption Practices in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-century Bengal samuel wright 32511. Two British Colonies in a Comparative Perspective: Georgia, Bengal and the Colonial Production ofRaw Silk, 1730-1830 roberto davini 36712. Trans-textuality, Translation and Equivalence: Exploring the Processes of Textual Transposition in the Prologue of Alaol’s Padmabati anwesha sengupta 39713. Representation of Women in the Mangalkavya swarnali biswas 43514. Bengal Vaishnavism: Early Years and Organization ananya roy choudhury 47315. The Sannyasi-Fakir, Chuar and Rangpore Rebellion(s): Resistance, Violence and ‘Banditry’, 1770-1800 amrita sengupta 51116. Iconophilia?: Art, Colonial Collecting andMissionary Activity in Indianatasha eaton 545List of Contributors 575 Index 579

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