{"product_id":"early-nineteenth-century-panjab","title":"Early Nineteenth-Century Panjab","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eChār Bāgh-i-Panjāb\u003c\/em\u003e, written by Ganesh Das Wadera immediately after the annexation of the Lahore kingdom by the British in 1849, is a classic Persian text. Its long descriptive part is the only surviving account of the social, religious, and cultural life of the peoples of the Punjab, especially during the late-eighteenth and the early-nineteenth century. Ganesh Das writes about traditional learning, literature, folklore, urban centres, and women with a rare catholicity as an Indian, an orthodox Hindu, a Punjabi, and a Khatri. Himself a hereditary \u003ci\u003eqanungo \u003c\/i\u003eof Gujrat in the Sikh kingdom, he also provides valuable insights into the structure of revenue administration at lower rungs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents an authoritative English translation of this primary descriptive section of \u003cem\u003eChār Bāgh-i-Panjāb\u003c\/em\u003e, with a detailed Introduction, critical commentary, glossary, map, and a classified index. Indispensable for researchers, it will interest historians of medieval and modern India, especially those concerned with the pre-Independence Punjab region.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234962133336,"sku":"9781138960275","price":204.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138960275_198c4eb9-3978-496d-a03b-731bf96d7d92.jpg?v=1769244340","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/early-nineteenth-century-panjab","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}