Land and Sovereignty in India : Agrarian Society and Politics under the Eighteenth-Century Maratha Svarajya (Paperback)

List of maps and diagrams; Preface; List of abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction; Part I. Brahman, King and Emperor: 1. Sovereignty and universal dominion; 2. Mughal expansion in the Deccan; 3. The Maratha svar?jya in the eighteenth century; 4. Conclusion and summary; Part II. The Co-Sharers of the Realm: 5. Sovereignty, vested rights and sedition; 6. The king's co-sharers; 7. Patrilineage and coparcenary; 8. Grants of land; 9. The grant of land as act of sovereignty; Part III. The King's Share: 10. Land and taxation; 11. The standard assessment; 12. Adjustments of the standard assessment; 13. Tenancy relations; 14. Conclusion; Part IV. Regulation and Repartition: 15. The brahman bureaucracy; 16. Repartition and assignment of the king's share; 17. Monetization and the cash-nexus; 18. Revenue farming; 19. Conclusion and summary; Epilogue; Key to selections of papers from the records at the East-India House; Bibliography; Index.