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(Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society) New York: Cambridge University PressPp. This book describes the lives and deeds of two famous military leaders of the late Warrior Ascetics. THIS SONG FROM THE Bijak of Kabir registers an attack against the bands of warrior ascetics or monks who became a significant political and military presence in North WILLIAM R. PINCH. Warrior ascetics first arose in India some time after the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate. xi, $ Indexsee Mutiny/Rebellion (–) ‘Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad ibn Abdali, Ahmad Shah – Abu’l Fazl–30,–53,–71,–82,, –, – murder WILLIAM R. PINCH. The earlier existence of violent conflict between kings and temples is documented. Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary Map Though the scope for the application of their craft is today much constrained, warrior ascetics continue to exercise considerable influence in modern India, particularly in the Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires. ISBNWilliam Pinch’s inno-vative and gloriously composed book sets out to correct this historio-graphical deficiency and to piece together the story of the rise and demise of warrior asceticism in India from the s to the present. Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires. (Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society) New York: Cambridge University PressPp. Indexsee ISBN William Pinch's ambitious book traces ascetic warriors-companies (akharas) of men and their retinues who variously called themselves sanyasis, gosains, William Pinch's Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires undoubtedly belongs to the last one. Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires. Cambridge University PressWarrior Ascetics and Indian Empiresby William R. Pinch Index. A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. Implicit in his approach is the need to measure modern mythologies of Hindu warrior asceticism against the real EL COLEGIO DE MEXICO. for Kashmir in the Rdjatarangini. The Hindi term akhāṛā means “wrestling arena,” from which akhāṛiyā derives, meaning “master fighter,” “skilled manoevrer,” or “strategist.” There is a network a peak of influence in the eighteenth century when armed ascetics were employed as inexpensive and well-armed infantry and cavalry soldiers; and third, an incomplete First published Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge. xi, $ Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires William R. Pinch Wesleyan University CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. Cambridge University PressWarrior Ascetics and Indian Empiresby William R. Pinch Index. The basis of this conflict was in large measure economic Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary Map IntroductionMughal yogisWarlordsCompany gosainsBegums and ranis in RasdhanShakti bhaktiIndian sadhus Kailash's counterfactual and other conclusions The first scholarly attempt to explain warrior ascetics in Indian history was the work of the Scottish missionary–scholar, J. N. Farquhar, in particular in an article he authored in entitled “The Fighting Ascetics of India.”The timing of this article (and Farquhar’s interest in warrior ascetics generally) is significant, coming Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires.
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(Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society) New York: Cambridge University PressPp. This book describes the lives and deeds of two famous military leaders of the late Warrior Ascetics. THIS SONG FROM THE Bijak of Kabir registers an attack against the bands of warrior ascetics or monks who became a significant political and military presence in North WILLIAM R. PINCH. Warrior ascetics first arose in India some time after the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate. xi, $ Indexsee Mutiny/Rebellion (–) ‘Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad ibn Abdali, Ahmad Shah – Abu’l Fazl–30,–53,–71,–82,, –, – murder WILLIAM R. PINCH. The earlier existence of violent conflict between kings and temples is documented. Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary Map Though the scope for the application of their craft is today much constrained, warrior ascetics continue to exercise considerable influence in modern India, particularly in the Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires. ISBNWilliam Pinch’s inno-vative and gloriously composed book sets out to correct this historio-graphical deficiency and to piece together the story of the rise and demise of warrior asceticism in India from the s to the present. Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires. (Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society) New York: Cambridge University PressPp. Indexsee ISBN William Pinch's ambitious book traces ascetic warriors-companies (akharas) of men and their retinues who variously called themselves sanyasis, gosains, William Pinch's Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires undoubtedly belongs to the last one. Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires. Cambridge University PressWarrior Ascetics and Indian Empiresby William R. Pinch Index. A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. Implicit in his approach is the need to measure modern mythologies of Hindu warrior asceticism against the real EL COLEGIO DE MEXICO. for Kashmir in the Rdjatarangini. The Hindi term akhāṛā means “wrestling arena,” from which akhāṛiyā derives, meaning “master fighter,” “skilled manoevrer,” or “strategist.” There is a network a peak of influence in the eighteenth century when armed ascetics were employed as inexpensive and well-armed infantry and cavalry soldiers; and third, an incomplete First published Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge. xi, $ Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires William R. Pinch Wesleyan University CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. Cambridge University PressWarrior Ascetics and Indian Empiresby William R. Pinch Index. The basis of this conflict was in large measure economic Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary Map IntroductionMughal yogisWarlordsCompany gosainsBegums and ranis in RasdhanShakti bhaktiIndian sadhus Kailash's counterfactual and other conclusions The first scholarly attempt to explain warrior ascetics in Indian history was the work of the Scottish missionary–scholar, J. N. Farquhar, in particular in an article he authored in entitled “The Fighting Ascetics of India.”The timing of this article (and Farquhar’s interest in warrior ascetics generally) is significant, coming Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires.