Creative Pasts: Historical Memory and Identity in Western India, 1700-1960

The "Maratha period" of the 17th and 18th centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a defining era in the history of the region of Maharashtra in western India. This book highlights shifts in history writing in early modern and modern India and the connections between historical and literary narratives.

• | By (Author): Prachi Deshpande (Author)
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: May 08, 2007
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0231124864
• | ISBN-13: 9780231124867