The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, C. 1710-1780

The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 deals with the magnificent world of Afghan nomads, horse-dealers and mercenaries bridging the frontiers between the old metropolitan centres of India, Iran and Central Asia. During the eighteenth century they succeeded in establishing a vigorous new system of Indo-Afghan states. In Central Asia, the Afghans created an imperial tradition on the basis of long-standing Perso-Islamic ideals. In India, along the caravan routes with Turkistan and Tibet, they carved out thriving principalities in association with military service and the breeding and trade in war-horses. By fully incorporating this Afghan ascendancy into the fabric of Islamic and world history the author challenges the widely held notion of a gloomy Afghan past.

About the author

Jos J.L. Gommans, Ph.D. (1993), University of Leiden, teaches Indian history at the Kern Institute of the University of Leiden.

Product details

• Authors: Jos Gommans, Jos J L Gommans
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1994
• EAN: 9789004101098
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10109-8
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 239 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Brill's Indological Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous