Ainslie T. Embree was for many years professor of history at Columbia University. He also taught in Indore, India, served in the US Embassy in New Delhi, and was President of the Association of Asian Studies and the American Institute of Indian Studies. Among his many books was Charles Grant and the British Rule in India. Mark Juergensmeyer, editor, is a professor of sociology and global studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has previously edited two of Embree's books of essays, Utopias in Conflict and Imagining India.

• Preface by the Editor Introduction: Defining the Boundaries of South Asian States Chap 1: Frontiers and Boundaries Chap 2: Defining the Mughal Inheritance, 1757-1798 Chap 3: The End of the Multi-State System, 1798-1833 Chap 4: Frontiers and the Mountain Wall, 1833-1857 Afterword: The Continuing Problem of Boundaries

Ainslie T. Embree was for many years professor of history at Columbia University. He also taught in Indore, India, served in the US Embassy in New Delhi, and was President of the Association of Asian Studies and the American Institute of Indian Studies. Among his many books was Charles Grant and the British Rule in India. Mark Juergensmeyer, editor, is a professor of sociology and global studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has previously edited two of Embree's books of essays, Utopias in Conflict and Imagining India.

• Preface by the Editor Introduction: Defining the Boundaries of South Asian States Chap 1: Frontiers and Boundaries Chap 2: Defining the Mughal Inheritance, 1757-1798 Chap 3: The End of the Multi-State System, 1798-1833 Chap 4: Frontiers and the Mountain Wall, 1833-1857 Afterword: The Continuing Problem of Boundaries

Ainslie T. Embree was for many years professor of history at Columbia University. He also taught in Indore, India, served in the US Embassy in New Delhi, and was President of the Association of Asian Studies and the American Institute of Indian Studies. Among his many books was Charles Grant and the British Rule in India. Mark Juergensmeyer, editor, is a professor of sociology and global studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has previously edited two of Embree's books of essays, Utopias in Conflict and Imagining India.

• Preface by the Editor Introduction: Defining the Boundaries of South Asian States Chap 1: Frontiers and Boundaries Chap 2: Defining the Mughal Inheritance, 1757-1798 Chap 3: The End of the Multi-State System, 1798-1833 Chap 4: Frontiers and the Mountain Wall, 1833-1857 Afterword: The Continuing Problem of Boundaries