Embattled Identities: Rajput Lineages and the Colonial State in Nineteenth-century North India

Product Description This study of the encounter between Rajputs and the British focuses on caste, kinship, gender, and colonial relations. It examines the reconstitution of Rajput identity through property and inheritance strategies, marriage, female infanticide, feuding, banditry, rebellion, and collectiveviolence. About the Author Malavika Kasturi is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto.