Socio Cultural Life Of Merchants In Mughal Gujarat
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Socio Cultural Life Of Merchants In Mughal Gujarat
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Author : Monika Sharma
language : en
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-03
Socio Cultural Life Of Merchants In Mughal Gujarat written by Monika Sharma and has been published by Partridge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-03 with Social Science categories.
Socio - Cultural Life of Merchants in Mughal Gujarat by Monika Sharma focuses on the identification of the varied communities involved in commercial activities and maritime trade - Banias, Bohras. Parsis, Khojas, Memons, Ghanchis, Chalebis, Armenians and European during 16th-17th centuries. The project embraces life-style, traditions, festivals, institutions and the professional aspects of merchants life. The study explores the region of Gujarat its geographical layout, urban set-up, trade centres, cities, manufacturing centres, ports and trade routes. The living standards, viz. housing, system of education, entertainment, the status women, food habits, dresses, ornaments and other aspects of their daily life etc. are investigated in order to make a comparative study of the different cultures. The study intends to know about the religion, social activities, festivals, rituals, marriages, customs and mores followed. The present work entails the investigation of custom, rituals and mores related to society and religion of the various merchant communities. One can also discern the existing social evils like sati, polygamy and enforced widowhood. The focal point of the study is merchants-Mughal nexus too, which is vital to understand the benefits accrued by the merchant communities. In what manner the proximity with imperial court benefitted them and resulted in their social elevation. One of the objectives of this study would be contextualize the idea of money for different merchants, which is discussed in chapter six. How the various communities invested their money to acquire political and social advantages. The stable system of brokers, sarraf and sahukars, mahajan, and nagarsheth which sustained the community are also focussed.
Chakshudana Or Opening The Eyes
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Author : Pika Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-09-20
Chakshudana Or Opening The Eyes written by Pika Ghosh and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-20 with Art categories.
Chakshudana or rituals of opening the eyes are practiced across multiple South Asian communities by artists, sculptors, and priests. The ritual offers gods access to the mortal world. This practice, applied to the study of material and visual culture, offers a distinctive perspective to interrogate the complex engagements with paintings, sculptures, found objects, fragments, built environments, and ecologies. This volume takes the process of seeing as its focus—to look closely, remaining true to the object, but also to see widely—from multiple subjective stances and diverse bodily engagements such as walking to dreaming, glancing to looking askance, hypnotic stares, and to see beyond the visible. It examines art history through nuanced considerations of materiality, aesthetics, and regional specificities. The essays emerge from current research that builds on the contributions of Michael W. Meister, W. Norman Brown Distinguished Professor of History of Art and South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, whose works laid the foundations for the study of South Asian visual and material culture. The essays in this book underscore methodological resonances rather than privileging conventional categories of media or chronology, exploring artistic media including temples and paintings as well as Bengali-quilted textiles, manuscript ‘lozenges,’ and metal repousse. This volume, part of the Visual Media and Histories Series, will be of interest to students and researchers of history of art, religious studies, and history as well as the allied disciplines of anthropology and folklore studies. Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Religion And The City In India
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Author : Supriya Chaudhuri
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-19
Religion And The City In India written by Supriya Chaudhuri and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-19 with Social Science categories.
This book offers fresh theoretical, methodological and empirical analyses of the relation between religion and the city in the South Asian context. Uniting the historical with the contemporary by looking at the medieval and early modern links between religious faith and urban settlement, the book brings together a series of focused studies of the mixed and multiple practices and spatial negotiations of religion in the South Asian city. It looks at the various ways in which contemporary religious practice affects urban everyday life, commerce, craft, infrastructure, cultural forms, art, music and architecture. Chapters draw upon original empirical study and research to analyze the foundational, structural, material and cultural connections between religious practice and urban formations or flows. The book argues that Indian cities are not ‘postsecular’ in the sense that the term is currently used in the modern West, but that there has been, rather, a deep, even foundational link between religion and urbanism, producing different versions of urban modernity. Questions of caste, gender, community, intersectional entanglements, physical proximity, private or public ritual, processions and prayer, economic and political factors, material objects, and changes in the built environment, are all taken into consideration, and the book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of different historical periods, different cities, and different types of religious practice. Filling a gap in the literature by discussing a diversity of settings and faiths, the book will be of interest to scholars to South Asian history, sociology, literary analysis, urban studies and cultural studies.
Discourses On Sustainability
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Author : Elena V. Shabliy
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-09-21
Discourses On Sustainability written by Elena V. Shabliy and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-21 with Political Science categories.
This volume presents an in-depth analysis of climate change problems and discusses the proliferation of renewable energy worldwide—in conjunction with such important questions as social justice and economic growth, providing an interdisciplinary approach to sustainable development. Exploring various responses to human-induced climate change, the book offers a critical reflection on climate change and clean energy and highlights the fundamental problems of international energy justice and human rights. Examining these and other climate-related issues from legal, business, political, and scientific perspectives, the volume also analyzes the impact of economic factors and policies on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Surat Port Of The Mughal Empire
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Author : Ruby Maloni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Surat Port Of The Mughal Empire written by Ruby Maloni and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Harbors categories.
On the commercial activities in Surat, India, in 17th century and its role as a trade route and harbor of Mogul Empire; a study.
India Modernity And The Great Divergence
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Author : Kaveh Yazdani
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-01-05
India Modernity And The Great Divergence written by Kaveh Yazdani and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-05 with Business & Economics categories.
This book examines the reasons behind the Great Divergence. Kaveh Yazdani analyzes India’s socio-economic, techno-scientific, military, political and institutional developments. The focus is on Gujarat between the 17th and early 19th centuries and Mysore during the second half of the 18th century.
Indian Merchants And The Decline Of Surat
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Author : Ashin Das Gupta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Indian Merchants And The Decline Of Surat written by Ashin Das Gupta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with India categories.
Eighteenth Century Gujarat
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Author : Ghulam A. Nadri
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009
Eighteenth Century Gujarat written by Ghulam A. Nadri and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
The eighteenth century in South Asian history is a period of great dynamism and a critical phase in the historical trajectory of the subcontinent. This book focuses on the merchants and manufacturers of Gujarat, who amidst complex political developments succeeded in preserving their autonomy and freedom in the market place. By spotting economic growth in the late eighteenth century, this study rejects the constructed dualism between a seventeenth century of great progress and an eighteenth century of chaos and decline.
Rise And Growth Of English East India Company
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Author : Phanindranath Chakrabarty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Rise And Growth Of English East India Company written by Phanindranath Chakrabarty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Great Britain categories.
From Factory To Fort And From The Fort To Empire Was The Design Of The English East India Company In India. As Far As The Company Is Concerned, Not Much Is Known Of The Unofficial Beginnings Of The Growth Of England`S Commercial Interests In India.
Merchants Of Maritime India 1500 1800
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Author : Ashin Das Gupta
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1994
Merchants Of Maritime India 1500 1800 written by Ashin Das Gupta and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Business & Economics categories.
The focus of this volume is the rise and fall of the Indian maritime merchant in the early modern period: the heyday of Moghul Surat, the appearance of a group of independent merchant shipowners, and their eclipse at the end of the period in the face of European competition and monopolies. Much of the evidence for the activity of these Indian merchants comes from the records of the Dutch and English East India Companies, as well as the papers of English private merchants, and this is carefully assessed by Professor Das Gupta in these articles. He is also concerned to set the picture thus gained in the context of the trade of the Indian Ocean region as a whole, and to relate it to the questions of continuity and change raised by Van Leur.