The Indian Frontier Horse and Warband in Making of Emprires
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9789350981702
Category
Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Subject
Indian Frontier, Jos Gommans, military history, horse trade, warband, state formation, Mughal, Delhi Sultanate, nomadic warfare, cavalry, arid zone, pastoralists, South Asian history, empire building, regional frontier, military slavery
Description
The book by Jos Gommans offers a groundbreaking reinterpretation of state-formation in South Asia from 1000 to 1850 AD. The book argues that India’s empires were not built solely on sedentary agricultural societies, but were driven by the dynamic politics of the arid frontier. By examining the vital role of the horse trade, nomadic warbands, and mobile cavalry warfare, Gommans demonstrates how rulers continuously tapped into the resources of the semi-arid wilderness to construct and expand powerful imperial regimes like the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire.
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