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020			_a9780521381321 _qhbk.
082			_a355.220954 _bKOL
100			_aKolff, Dirk H. A. _91533
245			_aNaukar, Rajput, and sepoy : _bthe ethnohistory of the military labour market in Hindustan, 1450-1850
260			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c1990
300			_ax, 217p.,
500			_ahttps://www.cambridge.org/in/academic/subjects/history/south-asian-history/naukar-rajput-and-sepoy-ethnohistory-military-labour-market-hindustan-14501850
520			_aThis is a study of an aspect of the ethnohistory of North Indian peasant society: the importance of its military labour market for state and sect formation, for social change as well as for the energetic survival strategies of the villages of Hindustan. It traces the history of the British Indian sepoy to at least as far back as the fifteenth century, firmly rooting him in India's medieval past. It also shows that, from the anthropological point of view, not the hierarchically arranged castes, but the multiple alliances and fluid identities of the peasantry were the central phenomena of North Indian politics and decision making.
650			_aSoldiers _91534
650			_a Recruiting and enlistment _91535
650			_aManpower _91536
942			_cBK
999			_c7981 _d7981