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100 1 $aGommans, Jos J. L.,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Indian frontier :$bhorse and warband in the making of empires /$cjos Gommans.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2018.
300 $a1 online resource (352 pages)
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337 $acomputer$bc$2rdamedia
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520 8 $aThis omnibus brings together some old and some recent works by Jos Gommans on the warhorse and its impact on medieval and early modern state-formation in South Asia. These studies are based on Gommans' observation that Indian empires always had to deal with a highly dynamic inner frontier between semi-arid wilderness and settled agriculture. Such inner frontiers could only be bridged by the ongoing movements of Turkish, Afghan, Rajput and other warbands. Like the most spectacular examples of the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empires, they all based their power on the exploitation of the most lethal weapon of that time: the warhorse. In discussing the breeding and trading of horses and their role in medieval and early modern South Asian warfare, Gommans also makes some thought-provoking comparisons with Europe and the Middle East. Since the Indian frontier is part of the much larger Eurasian Arid Zone that links the Indian subcontinent to West, Central and East Asia, the final essay explores the connected and entangled history of the Turko-Mongolian warband in the Ottoman and Timurid Empires, Russia and China.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
588 0 $aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 10, 2018).
650 0 $aWar horses$zSouth Asia$xHistory.
651 0 $aSouth Asia$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aSouth Asia$xHistory.
651 0 $aSouth Asia$xHistory, Military.
650 6 $aChevaux$xUtilisation militaire$zAsie méridionale$xHistoire.
650 7 $aHISTORY$zAsia$xGeneral.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING$xMilitary Science.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPolitics and government.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919741
650 7 $aWar horses.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01170502
651 7 $aSouth Asia.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01244520
655 4 $aElectronic books.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 7 $aMilitary history.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411630
856 40 $uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio15133905$zTaylor & Francis eBooks
852 8 $blweb$hEBOOKS