Social Disruption and Social Disorder
_ "Scarf and Sword: Thugs, Marauders, and State Formation in Eighteenth Century Malwa",Indian Economic and Social History Review, VI, 4 (Dec., 1969), 403-429.
"The Slow Conquest: Administrative Integration of Malwa into the Maratha Empire", Modern Asian Studies, 9, 1 (1977), 1-40.
"Recovery from Adversity in Eighteenth Century India: Re-thinking Villages, Peasants, and Politics in Pre-Modern Kingdoms", Journal of Peasant Studies, 7, 4 (Fall, 1979), 61-80.
"Bhils and the Idea of a Criminal Tribe in Nineteenth Century India", Crime and Criminality in British India, Anand A. Yang (ed.), Association for Asian Studies Monograph 42 (1985), 140-161.
“Revenue System of the Marathas under Nana Phadnis” in A.R. Kulkarni, M.A. Nayeem, T.R.de Souza ed., Medieval Deccan History: Commemoration Volume in Honor of P.M. Joshi (Bombay, 1996), 190 - 210.
“Maratha Patronage of Muslim Religious Institutions" David Gilmartin, ed., Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identities in Islamicate South Asia (University of Florida, 2001), 327-338.
"Kinship and Pargana in Eighteenth Century Khandesh", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 12, 4 (1985), 371-397. (with John Richards), reprinted in P.J. Marshall, The Eighteenth Century in Indian History: Evolution or Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2003).
“Hindu, Muslim and the ‘Other’ in Eighteenth Century India”, in Sushil Mithal, Surprising Bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in Early Modern India (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2003), 11-30.
"Moral Hinterlands of Pre-Colonial Indian Cities", Asian Review of World Histories (forthcoming, 2018)
"The Slow Conquest: Administrative Integration of Malwa into the Maratha Empire", Modern Asian Studies, 9, 1 (1977), 1-40.
"Recovery from Adversity in Eighteenth Century India: Re-thinking Villages, Peasants, and Politics in Pre-Modern Kingdoms", Journal of Peasant Studies, 7, 4 (Fall, 1979), 61-80.
"Bhils and the Idea of a Criminal Tribe in Nineteenth Century India", Crime and Criminality in British India, Anand A. Yang (ed.), Association for Asian Studies Monograph 42 (1985), 140-161.
“Revenue System of the Marathas under Nana Phadnis” in A.R. Kulkarni, M.A. Nayeem, T.R.de Souza ed., Medieval Deccan History: Commemoration Volume in Honor of P.M. Joshi (Bombay, 1996), 190 - 210.
“Maratha Patronage of Muslim Religious Institutions" David Gilmartin, ed., Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identities in Islamicate South Asia (University of Florida, 2001), 327-338.
"Kinship and Pargana in Eighteenth Century Khandesh", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 12, 4 (1985), 371-397. (with John Richards), reprinted in P.J. Marshall, The Eighteenth Century in Indian History: Evolution or Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2003).
“Hindu, Muslim and the ‘Other’ in Eighteenth Century India”, in Sushil Mithal, Surprising Bedfellows: Hindus and Muslims in Early Modern India (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2003), 11-30.
"Moral Hinterlands of Pre-Colonial Indian Cities", Asian Review of World Histories (forthcoming, 2018)
Kingly Strategies
"Robes of honor: A 'transactional' kingly ceremony", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 33, 3 (Fall, 1996), 227- 242. Reprinted in Meena Bhargava (ed.), Exploring Medieval India: Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries (Hyderabad: Orient Black Swan, 2010).
_ “Suitable Luxury”, Aramco World, Vol. 59, No. 5 (Sept./Oct., 2008) 18-24. On robes of honor.
“ The Game of Kings”, Aramco World. Vol. 60, No. 4 (July/August, 2009). 18-24. The history of chess across Eurasia.
“ In the Shade of the Royal Umbrella”, Aramco World (July, 2011). 8-14. A kingly symbol from ancient Egypt and ancient China to modern-day Thailand and Africa.
"Khil'a", Khil'a: Journal for Dress and Textiles of the Islamic World (Vol 3, 2007-2009). 17-24.
"In the Aura of the King: Trans-Asia, Trans-Regional and Deccani Symbolism", South Asian Studies, vol. 32, 2016, 1-12.
"Babur: Salt, Social Closeness and Friendship" (Forthcoming in Studies in History , Spring, 2018).
“ The Game of Kings”, Aramco World. Vol. 60, No. 4 (July/August, 2009). 18-24. The history of chess across Eurasia.
“ In the Shade of the Royal Umbrella”, Aramco World (July, 2011). 8-14. A kingly symbol from ancient Egypt and ancient China to modern-day Thailand and Africa.
"Khil'a", Khil'a: Journal for Dress and Textiles of the Islamic World (Vol 3, 2007-2009). 17-24.
"In the Aura of the King: Trans-Asia, Trans-Regional and Deccani Symbolism", South Asian Studies, vol. 32, 2016, 1-12.
"Babur: Salt, Social Closeness and Friendship" (Forthcoming in Studies in History , Spring, 2018).
Military History
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"Forts and Social Control
in the Maratha State", Modern Asian Studies, 12, 1
(1979), 1 - 17.
“The Limited Adoption of European-style military forces by eighteenth century rulers in India”, Indian Economic and Social History Review, 35, 3 (1998) 229 -245.
"Symbolic and Structural Constraints on the Adoption of European-Style Military Technologies in the Eighteenth Century" in Richard B. Barnett, ed., Rethinking Early Modern India (New Delhi: Manohar, 2002) 155-178.
“The Limited Adoption of European-style military forces by eighteenth century rulers in India”, Indian Economic and Social History Review, 35, 3 (1998) 229 -245.
"Symbolic and Structural Constraints on the Adoption of European-Style Military Technologies in the Eighteenth Century" in Richard B. Barnett, ed., Rethinking Early Modern India (New Delhi: Manohar, 2002) 155-178.
Environmental History
"War, the Military, and the Environment: Central India, 1560 – 1820” in Richard P. Tucker and Edmund Russell (eds.) Natural Enemy, Natural Ally: Toward an Environmental History of War (Oregon State Press, 2004) 42-64.
“Major Rivers of the Plateau of Tibet”, Education about Asia (January, 2011), 15-19.
“Major Rivers of the Plateau of Tibet”, Education about Asia (January, 2011), 15-19.
Networks
"Social Networking in Pre-Modern Asian History", IIAS Newsletter, 48, (Summer 2008) 16-17.
"Burhanpur: Entrepot and Hinterland: 1650-1750", Indian Economic and Social History Review, Special Issue, (Jan., 1989). Reprinted in Sanjay Subramanian (ed.), Merchants and the State in Early Modern India, (Oxford University Press: Bombay, 1990).
“A Tale of Three Cities: Burhanpur from 1400 to 1800, in Kenneth Hall ed. Small Cities in the Asian Context (Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008)
"Markets, Mints and Circulation: Eighteenth Century Malwa, Burhanpur and Pune (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Forthcoming, 2017).
History and Theory
“ Epistemologies Concerning the Past in Mahaarshtra” D. N. Jha and Eugenia Vanina (eds.) in Mind over Matter: Essays on Mentalities in Medieval India (Delhi: Tulika Publishers, 2009), 57-70.
"Periods and Boundaries in Indian History", in Re-Searching Transitions in Indian History edited by Shraddha Khumbhojkar and Radhika Seshen (Routledge, 2017)
"Burhanpur: Entrepot and Hinterland: 1650-1750", Indian Economic and Social History Review, Special Issue, (Jan., 1989). Reprinted in Sanjay Subramanian (ed.), Merchants and the State in Early Modern India, (Oxford University Press: Bombay, 1990).
“A Tale of Three Cities: Burhanpur from 1400 to 1800, in Kenneth Hall ed. Small Cities in the Asian Context (Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008)
"Markets, Mints and Circulation: Eighteenth Century Malwa, Burhanpur and Pune (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Forthcoming, 2017).
History and Theory
“ Epistemologies Concerning the Past in Mahaarshtra” D. N. Jha and Eugenia Vanina (eds.) in Mind over Matter: Essays on Mentalities in Medieval India (Delhi: Tulika Publishers, 2009), 57-70.
"Periods and Boundaries in Indian History", in Re-Searching Transitions in Indian History edited by Shraddha Khumbhojkar and Radhika Seshen (Routledge, 2017)