Richard M. Eaton is Professor of History at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and the author of The Sufis of Bijapur (1978).

"For the study of Islam in Bengal, [The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1207-1760] is . . . the most important book to appear to date, and it deserves to be read by all historians of India and the Islamic world."

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesNote on Translation and TransliterationAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ONE BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS1. Before the Turkish ConquestBengal in PrehistoryEarly Indo-Aryan Influence in BengalThe Rise of Early Medieval Hindu CultureThe Diffusion of Bengali Hindu Civilization2. The Articulation of Political AuthorityPerso-Islamic Conceptions of Political Authority,Eleventh-Thirteenth CenturiesA Province of the Delhi Sultanate, 1204-1342The Early Bengal Sultanate, 1342-ca. 1400The Rise of Raja Ganesh (ca. 1400-1421)Sultan ]alai al-Din Muhammad (1415-32) and His PoliticalIdeologyThe Indigenization of Royal Authority, 1433-1538Summary3. Early Sufis of the DeltaThe Question of Sufis and Front-ier WarfareBengali Sufis and Hindu ThoughtSufis of the Capital4. Economy, Society, and CultureThe Political Economy of the SultanateAshraf and Non-Ashraf SocietyHindu Society- Responses to the ConquestHindu Religion- the Siva-Siilcta ComplexHindu Religion- the Vaishnava Complex5. Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and ProtagonistsFour Conventional Theories of Islamization in IndiaTheories of Islamization in BengalThe Appearance of a Bengali Muslim PeasantrySummaryPART TWO BENGAL UNDER THE MUGHALS6. The Rise of Mughal PowerThe Afghan Age, 1537-1612The Early Mughal Experience in Bengal, 1574-1610The Consolidation of Mughal Authority, 1610-1704Summary7· Mughal Culture and Its DiffusionThe Political Basis of Mughal Culture in BengalThe Place of Bengal in Mughal CultureThe Place of Islam in Mughal CultureThe Administration of Mughal LawtheVillagers' ViewWest Bengal: The Integration of Imperial AuthorityThe Northern Frontier: Resistance to Imperial AuthorityEast Bengal: Conquest and Culture Change8. Islam and the Agrarian Order in the EastRiverine Changes and Economic GrowthCharismatic Pioneers on the Agrarian FrontierThe Religious Gentry in Bakarganj andDhaka, 1650-1760Summary9· Mosque and Shrine in the Rural LandscapeThe Mughal State and the Agrarian OrderThe Rural Mosque in Bengali HistoryThe Growth of Mosques and Shrines in Rural Chittagong,1666-1760The Rise of Chittagong's Religious GentryThe Religious Gentry of SylhetSummary10. The Rooting of Islam in BengalInclusionIdentificationDisplacementLiteracy and IslamizationGender and IslamizationSummary11. ConclusionAppendix 1: Mint Towns and Inscription Sites under MuslimRulers, 1204-1760Appendix 2: Principal Rulers of Bengal, 1204-1757Select BibliographyIndex

Richard M. Eaton is Professor of History at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and the author of The Sufis of Bijapur (1978).

"For the study of Islam in Bengal, [The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1207-1760] is . . . the most important book to appear to date, and it deserves to be read by all historians of India and the Islamic world."

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesNote on Translation and TransliterationAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ONE BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS1. Before the Turkish ConquestBengal in PrehistoryEarly Indo-Aryan Influence in BengalThe Rise of Early Medieval Hindu CultureThe Diffusion of Bengali Hindu Civilization2. The Articulation of Political AuthorityPerso-Islamic Conceptions of Political Authority,Eleventh-Thirteenth CenturiesA Province of the Delhi Sultanate, 1204-1342The Early Bengal Sultanate, 1342-ca. 1400The Rise of Raja Ganesh (ca. 1400-1421)Sultan ]alai al-Din Muhammad (1415-32) and His PoliticalIdeologyThe Indigenization of Royal Authority, 1433-1538Summary3. Early Sufis of the DeltaThe Question of Sufis and Front-ier WarfareBengali Sufis and Hindu ThoughtSufis of the Capital4. Economy, Society, and CultureThe Political Economy of the SultanateAshraf and Non-Ashraf SocietyHindu Society- Responses to the ConquestHindu Religion- the Siva-Siilcta ComplexHindu Religion- the Vaishnava Complex5. Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and ProtagonistsFour Conventional Theories of Islamization in IndiaTheories of Islamization in BengalThe Appearance of a Bengali Muslim PeasantrySummaryPART TWO BENGAL UNDER THE MUGHALS6. The Rise of Mughal PowerThe Afghan Age, 1537-1612The Early Mughal Experience in Bengal, 1574-1610The Consolidation of Mughal Authority, 1610-1704Summary7· Mughal Culture and Its DiffusionThe Political Basis of Mughal Culture in BengalThe Place of Bengal in Mughal CultureThe Place of Islam in Mughal CultureThe Administration of Mughal LawtheVillagers' ViewWest Bengal: The Integration of Imperial AuthorityThe Northern Frontier: Resistance to Imperial AuthorityEast Bengal: Conquest and Culture Change8. Islam and the Agrarian Order in the EastRiverine Changes and Economic GrowthCharismatic Pioneers on the Agrarian FrontierThe Religious Gentry in Bakarganj andDhaka, 1650-1760Summary9· Mosque and Shrine in the Rural LandscapeThe Mughal State and the Agrarian OrderThe Rural Mosque in Bengali HistoryThe Growth of Mosques and Shrines in Rural Chittagong,1666-1760The Rise of Chittagong's Religious GentryThe Religious Gentry of SylhetSummary10. The Rooting of Islam in BengalInclusionIdentificationDisplacementLiteracy and IslamizationGender and IslamizationSummary11. ConclusionAppendix 1: Mint Towns and Inscription Sites under MuslimRulers, 1204-1760Appendix 2: Principal Rulers of Bengal, 1204-1757Select BibliographyIndex

Richard M. Eaton is Professor of History at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and the author of The Sufis of Bijapur (1978).

"For the study of Islam in Bengal, [The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1207-1760] is . . . the most important book to appear to date, and it deserves to be read by all historians of India and the Islamic world."

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesNote on Translation and TransliterationAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ONE BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS1. Before the Turkish ConquestBengal in PrehistoryEarly Indo-Aryan Influence in BengalThe Rise of Early Medieval Hindu CultureThe Diffusion of Bengali Hindu Civilization2. The Articulation of Political AuthorityPerso-Islamic Conceptions of Political Authority,Eleventh-Thirteenth CenturiesA Province of the Delhi Sultanate, 1204-1342The Early Bengal Sultanate, 1342-ca. 1400The Rise of Raja Ganesh (ca. 1400-1421)Sultan ]alai al-Din Muhammad (1415-32) and His PoliticalIdeologyThe Indigenization of Royal Authority, 1433-1538Summary3. Early Sufis of the DeltaThe Question of Sufis and Front-ier WarfareBengali Sufis and Hindu ThoughtSufis of the Capital4. Economy, Society, and CultureThe Political Economy of the SultanateAshraf and Non-Ashraf SocietyHindu Society- Responses to the ConquestHindu Religion- the Siva-Siilcta ComplexHindu Religion- the Vaishnava Complex5. Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and ProtagonistsFour Conventional Theories of Islamization in IndiaTheories of Islamization in BengalThe Appearance of a Bengali Muslim PeasantrySummaryPART TWO BENGAL UNDER THE MUGHALS6. The Rise of Mughal PowerThe Afghan Age, 1537-1612The Early Mughal Experience in Bengal, 1574-1610The Consolidation of Mughal Authority, 1610-1704Summary7· Mughal Culture and Its DiffusionThe Political Basis of Mughal Culture in BengalThe Place of Bengal in Mughal CultureThe Place of Islam in Mughal CultureThe Administration of Mughal LawtheVillagers' ViewWest Bengal: The Integration of Imperial AuthorityThe Northern Frontier: Resistance to Imperial AuthorityEast Bengal: Conquest and Culture Change8. Islam and the Agrarian Order in the EastRiverine Changes and Economic GrowthCharismatic Pioneers on the Agrarian FrontierThe Religious Gentry in Bakarganj andDhaka, 1650-1760Summary9· Mosque and Shrine in the Rural LandscapeThe Mughal State and the Agrarian OrderThe Rural Mosque in Bengali HistoryThe Growth of Mosques and Shrines in Rural Chittagong,1666-1760The Rise of Chittagong's Religious GentryThe Religious Gentry of SylhetSummary10. The Rooting of Islam in BengalInclusionIdentificationDisplacementLiteracy and IslamizationGender and IslamizationSummary11. ConclusionAppendix 1: Mint Towns and Inscription Sites under MuslimRulers, 1204-1760Appendix 2: Principal Rulers of Bengal, 1204-1757Select BibliographyIndex