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Eaton, Richard Maxwell.

The rise of Islam and the Bengal frontier, 1204-1760 / Richard M. Eaton - Berkeley ; London ; New Delhi : University of California Press ; Oxford University Press, c1993 - xxvii, 359 p. : ill, facsims, 1 geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm - Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 17 . - Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; .

Includes bibliography (p.327-341) and index

ection 1. Bengal under the Sultan: Before the Turkish Conquest --
The Articulation of Political Authority --
Early Sufis of the Delta --
Economy, Society, and Culture --
Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and Protagonists --
Section 2. Bengal under the Mughals --
The Rise of Mughal Power --
Mughal Culture and Its Diffusion --
Islam and the Agrarian Order in the East --
Mosque and Shrine in the Rural Landscape --
The Rooting of Islam in Bengal --
Conclusion: Mint Towns and Inscription Sites under Muslim Rulers, 1204-1760 --
Principal Muslim Rulers of Bengal. TOC



ISBN: 9780520917774 0520917774 0585112630 9780585112633 0520205073 9780520205079 9780520080775 0520080777 0195635868

LCCN: 92-34002

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islam--History--India--Bengal

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Bengal (India)--History

Dewey Class. No.: 954.9204 / EAR 1994