Lineages of Brahman Power - Caste, Family, and the State in Western India, 1600–1900

Traces the role that western India's influential Brahman communities played in shaping India's modern caste system.

About the author

Rosalind O'Hanlon is Professor Emeritus of Indian History and Culture at the University of Oxford. Her previous books include Religious Cultures in Early Modern India: New Perspectives, coedited with David Washbrook, and At the Edges of Empire: Essays in the Social and Intellectual History of India.

Product details

• Authors: O'Hanlon Rosalind
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 08.06.2025
• EAN: 9798855803228
• ISBN: 979-8-8558-0322-8
• No. of pages: 452
• Series: SUNY series in Hindu Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, History of Religion, Hinduism, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies