A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938

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Orient Blackswan, 1984 - 416 pages
Eminent Historian, Sir Jadunath Sarkar Extensively Traces The History Of The Kachhawa House Of Jaipur, The Development Of The State And Its Interaction With The Mughals And The British. The History Was Written In 1939 40, But Is Being Published Now For The First Time.
 

Contents

The Land Its Features and Produce
1
The People
9
The Early Kachhwa Kings
20
How Akbar Won the Kachhwas Over
31
Akbars Wars Against the Maharana of Mewar
45
The Kachhwas as Wardens of the NorthWestern Frontier
63
Man Singh in Bengal Bihar Orissa and the Deccan
75
16141637
97
Ishwari Singh 17431750
229
Sawai Madho Singh 17511768
242
The Jaipur State and the Imperial Delhi Government 17781785
259
the Lalsot Cam paign 17861787
270
the Battle of Patan 1790
285
The Last Years of Sawai Pratap Singh 17911803
299
The British Alliance
315
The Last Days of the Ancient Regime in Jaipur
330

Jai Singh in the War of Mughal Succession
113
Jai Singh and Shivaji
123
The Last Campaign and Death of Jai Singh I
135
Ram Singh and Bishan Singh 16671700
145
Sawai Jai Singhs Early Career
156
Sawai Jai Singhs Dealings with the Marathas
174
Sawai Jai Singh and Rajputana
187
Sawai Jai Singhs City and Observatory
205
Sawai Jai Singhs Achievement and Character
218
The First Half
338
An Era of Progress
353
Sawai Madho Singh II
365
Education and Share in Administration
379
Jaipur Administrative Activities Today
386
Plates Appendices
401
Captain J Pillets account of Sawai Pratap Singh
405
Index
406
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