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Falling Polities : Crisis and Decline of States in North-East India in the Eighteenth Century / edited by Tejimala Gurung - Guwahati : DVS Publishers, 2018 - 402 p.; xii, 23 cm

CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Eighteenth Century in North-East India
2. Managing the Borderlands of Bengal: Early Colonial Perspectives (1765-1822)
3. Devour thy Neighbour: Foreign Invasions and Decline of States in Eighteenth Century North-East India
4. Crisis of Sustenance and Decline of the Ahom State in the Eighteenth Century Assam
5. Crisis in the Ahom State in Eighteenth Century
6. Political Formation in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh in the 18th Century
7. Socio-Political Institutions of the Nagas in the Eighteenth Century
8. Pre-Colonial Trade in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
9. A Dark Age: Crisis and Decline of the Cooch-Behar State in the Eighteenth century
10. Eighteenth Century Jaintia Society: A period of Sustenance
11. Disruption Change and Continuity: The Garo Trade at the Frontier and Transformation
12. The Eighteenth Century in Manipur History: Transition and Transformation
13. Mizo Polity and Chieftainship in the 18th Century
14. Turbulence in Hills: Impact of Eighteenth Century Crisis in the Khasi Hills
15. In the Belly of the Tiger, almost: Mughal-Tripura Interface in the Eighteenth Century
16. Structural Reorganization, Rebellious Constituents and Palace Intrigues: Decline of the Manipur State in Eighteenth Century
17. Glimpeses of Mizo Polity, Economy and Society in the Eighteenth Century

Includes Index

ISBN: 9789385839122

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political activity-Minorities-History-8th century-India, Northeastern

Dewey Class. No.: 954.029 / FAL