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1、InthisvolumeintheNewCambridgeHistoryofIndia,DrStewartGordonpresentsthefirstrecentcomprehensivehistoryofoneofthemostcolorfulandleastunderstoodkingdomsofIndia:theMarathapolity.ThekingdomwasfoundedbyShivajiinthemid-seventeenthcenturyandspreadacrossmuchofInd

2、iaduringthefollowingcentury.ItwassubsequentlyconqueredbytheBritishinthenineteenthcentury,butnonethelessprovidedthebasisfortheformationofmanyprincelystates.SinceindependenceahugemassofadministrativedocumentsoftheMarathapolityandmanyimportantfamilypapersha

3、vebecomeavailabletoscholars.StewartGordondrawsonthismaterialtoexploretheoriginoftheMarathasintheMuslimkingdomsoftheDeccan,theiremergenceaselitefamilies,patternsofloyalty,andstrategiesformaintaininglegitimacy.HetraceshowtheMarathaarmiesdevelopedfrombandso

4、flightlyarmedcavalrytoEuropean-styleinfantryandartilleryandassessestheeconomicsthatfundedthepolity,especiallytaxationandcredit.Finally,theauthorconsidersthelegacyoftheMarathapolity:theprofoundeffectsithaduponrevenueadministration,law,education,tradepatte

5、rns,migration,andtheeconomicandsocialmake-upofCentralIndia,Gujarat,andMaharashtra.Inthisbook,StewartGordonpresentsapictureofeverydaylifeintheMarathapolityaswellasanimportantexampleofthedynamicsofkingdomsduringthisperiod.TheMarathas1600-1818willbewidelyre

6、adbystudentsandspecialistsofIndian,military,-andcolonialhistoryaswellasbyanthropologists.CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THENEWCAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFINDIATheMarathas1600-1818Cambridg

7、eHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THENEWCAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFINDIAGeneraleditorGORDONJOHNSONDirector,CentreofSouthAsianStudies,UniversityofCambridge,andFellowofSelwynCollegeAssociateeditorsC.A.BAYLYProfessorofModernIndianHistory,UniversityofCamb

8、ridge,andFellowofStCatharine'sCollegeandJOHNF.RICHARDSProfessorofHistory,DukeUniversityAlthoughtheoriginalCambridgeHistoryofIndia,publishedbetween1922and1937,didmuchtoformulateachronologyforIndianhistoryanddescribetheadmin