Discovering Sindh's Past


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This collection of thirteen articles from the Journal of the Sind Historical Society concentrates on precolonial and colonial Sind. These articles reveal much about Sindh's past and historically showcase the region's broad socio-cultural spectrum. Scholarship frequently overlooks the subjects and people in this collection. In part, this oversight is due to so few libraries (both in Pakistan and around the world) having copies of the Journal of the Sind Historical Society. There are no reprints of these articles in any other book, nor has anyone reprinted them in their entirety since the 1930s and 1940s. The articles in this book not only deepen knowledge about Sindh but also the history of Pakistan and the diversity of its people. They represent, like most research printed in the Journal of the Sind Historical Society, "forgotten" chapters in both Sindhi and Pakistani history. These chapters celebrate Pakistan's socio-cultural diversity and point toward how the histories of region and nation should be intertwined.




Willoughby's Minute


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Willoughby's Minute describes events that surround the 1842 Treaty of Nownahar. This genealogy does not focus on Britain's aggressive anti-Russian imperial policy in Afghanistan (i.e., the Great Game). Instead, it demonstrates how a local treaty-that did not involve the British directly-contextualizes Sindh's annexation and the institutional relationship between civil and military authority within the East India Company.




Interpreting the Sindhi World


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For more than thirty years, there has not been a project that consolidates international university-level scholarship on Sindh and Sindhis into a single forum. This book seeks to unite the wide community of scholars who work on Sindh and with Sindhis. The book's interdisciplinary focus is onhistory and society. It represents a 'snap shot' of contemporary research from different disciplines and locations. It combines interdisciplinary and multi-local approaches to describe the diversity of Sindh's 'voices' and to raise questions about how they are historically and socio-culturallydefined. Conventional studies of Sindh and Sindhis often bend the region and its people upon themselves to analyze society and history. This collection of essays treats Sindh and its people not as isolated regional entities, but rather entries in a wider socio-cultural and historical web. Sindhisare a global community and this collection generates new perspectives on them by integrating detailed studies on Pakistan with those from India and the diaspora. Such an approach contrasts with other writings by celebrating rather than erasing multi-cultural faces from Sindh's human tapestry. Byrethreading unheard socio-cultural and historical voices into understanding Sindh and its people, this collection disputes the vision of Sindhis as a monolithic Muslim population in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.




Magbook Indian History for Civil services prelims/state PCS & other Competitive Exam 2022


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1. Magbook series deals with the preliminary examinations for civil series. 2. It’s a 2 in 1 series offers advantages of both Magazine and book. 3. The entire syllabus of Indian History divided into 29 Chapters. 4. Focuses on the Topics and Trends of question asked in Previous Years? Questions. 5. Offers Chapterwise Practice and well detailed explanations the previous Years? questions. 6. More than 3000 MCQs for the revision of the topics. 7. 5 Practice sets and 2 Previous Years solved Papers sets for thorough practice. 8. The book uses easy language for quick understanding. Fresh and New like a Magazine, Deep & Comprehensive like a book… Here’s presenting the revised edition of Magbook Indian History that is designed to provide complete syllabus of general studies’ portion of the UPSC and State PCS examination. Serving as resource book, it proves to be an extremely useful tool for the aspirants as the book is divided into 29 chapters covering all the topics in a concise and note format. Apart from paying attention to theories, sheer focus is given to the topics & trends of Questions provided in previous years’ civil services exams, Chapterwise practice questions are also mentioned to help students in easy remembrance and quick revision and lastly, Subjectwise detailed explanations of previous civil services exams. Including topical coverage of syllabus and previous years’ questions with more than 3000 MCQs, this Magbook of Indian History is a must for civil services (Pre) Examination, state PCS and other competitive exams. TOC ancient, medieval and modern history: The Stone Age, Indus Valley civilisation, the Vedic age, The first territorial states, the religious movement of Mahajanapadas age, The Mauryan empire, the Sangam age, post Mauryan period (200 BC - AD 300), The Gupta age, The post: Gupta era (AD 550 -750), the Sultanate of Delhi, provincial kingdoms, religious movement, the Mughal empire, the Maratha empire, Mughal decline and rise of regional states, emergence of European powers in India, tribal and peasant uprisings, Governor generals and Viceroys, development of modern education and press, revolt of 1857, Social and religion reforms, movements, growth of nationalism and struggle for independence (1885 - 1919), struggle for independence second Phase (1919 - 1927), struggle for independence third Phase (1927-1939), struggle for forth Phase (1940-1947), religion and philosophy, music, dance, theatre, and festivals, Indian architecture and festivals, Indian architecture and painting schools, chronological Panorama of Ind ian history, glossary, practice sets (1-5), previous years’ solved papers set 1, Previous years’ solved papers set 2.




Between History and Archaeology: Papers in honour of Jacek Lech


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A collection of forty-six papers papers in honour of Professor Jacek Lech, compiled in recognition of his research and academic career as well as his inquiry into the study of prehistoric flint mining, Neolithic flint tools (and beyond), and the history of archaeology.




Uncovering the History of Africans in Asia


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Study of the African diaspora is now a dynamic field in the development of new methods and approaches to African history. This book brings together the latest research on African diaspora in Asia with case studies about India and the Indian Ocean islands.




India's Past


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The Sufi Paradigm and the Makings of a Vernacular Knowledge in Colonial India


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This book demonstrates how a local elite built upon colonial knowledge to produce a vernacular knowledge that maintained the older legacy of a pluralistic Sufism. As the British reprinted a Sufi work, Shah Abd al-Latif Bhittai's Shah jo risalo, in an effort to teach British officers Sindhi, the local intelligentsia, particularly driven by a Hindu caste of professional scribes (the Amils), seized on the moment to promote a transformation from traditional and popular Sufism (the tasawuf) to a Sufi culture (Sufiyani saqafat). Using modern tools, such as the printing press, and borrowing European vocabulary and ideology, such as Theosophical Society, the intelligentsia used Sufism as an idiomatic matrix that functioned to incorporate difference and a multitude of devotional traditions—Sufi, non-Sufi, and non-Muslim—into a complex, metaphysical spirituality that transcended the nation-state and filled the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional voids of postmodernity.




Objective History for UPSC & State PSC Exams Based on Previous Papers - General Studies Series


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Objective History for UPSC & State PSC Exams Based on Previous Papers - General Studies Series Important for - UTTAR PRADESH UPPSC UPPCS, ANDHRA PRADESH APPSC, ASSAM APSC, BIHAR BPSC, CHHATISGARH CGPSC, GUJARAT GPSC, HARYANA HPSC, HIMACHAL PRADESH HPPSC, JHARKHAND JPSC, KARNATAKA KPSC, KERALA Kerala PSC, MADHYA PRADESH MPPSC, MAHARASHTRA MPSC, ORISSA OPSC, PUNJAB PPSC, RAJASTHAN RPSC, TAMIL NADU TNPSC, TELANGANA TSPSC, UTTARAKHAND UKPSC, WEST BENGAL WBPSC Keywords: Objective Economy, Polity, History, Ecology, Geography Objective, Indian Polity by Laxmikant, General Studies Manual, Indian Economy Ramesh Singh, GC Leong, Old NCERT History, GIST of NCERT, Objective General Studies - Subjectwise Question Bank based on Previous Papers for UPSC & State PSC,