Warfare, State and Society in South Asia includes 26 essays organized under five
sections. The Editor's introduction provides the background and puts the essays
in historical context, also sketching the changing contours of military
historiography.
• Ancient Indian Warfare from 300 BCE-600 CE: Ritual Combat or Lethal Battle?
• The Demigods on Horses? Warfare in Medieval India 900 CE-1700 CE • A
Military Revolution in early Modern India (1740-1849)? • Military
Confrontation and Collaboration in British India: 1857-1947 • Colonial
Continuity and Post-Colonial Innovations" 1947-2005
This comprehensive collection of scholarly writings in military historiography
focuses on the relationship between war, state and society in Indian history
from ancient to