State in India 1000-1700

Since the 1940s, revaluations of the nature of the State have been a majorpreoccupation among historians world-wide. There has been a debate on the extentto which the State is independent of the interests of the ruling class.Pre-colonial India provides a unique testing ground for such debates, for itprovides examples of State forms which vary enormously. This volume outlines andexpands all the major discourses on India's various State forms.Kulke, Hermann is the author of 'State in India 1000-1700', published 1995 under ISBN 9780195631272 and ISBN 0195631277.