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.... 14, 1838, Nos. 57, 58, Wade to Macnaghten, Jan. i, 1838. 4 Ibid. 5 Ibid. In regard to the Dogra conquest of Ladakh Wade wrote: “It was a wanton act of usurpation in order to strengthen his means of seizing Kashmir itself when the expected opportunity may offer.” Ibid. , Jan. 17...

... not unproblematic, contributes a great deal to addressing this critical lacuna. Rai s central argument is unexceptional: British colonial per dy and bungling combined with the unbridled ambitions of Dogra chieftains contributed to the forging of the modern Kashmiri state. The Dogras, as any student of Kashmir...

... in 1846, the former were greatly assisted by Gulab Singh, one of the notorious "Dogra brothers" who had risen to high positions in the service of Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 1070 Professor B. S. Singh in The ]ammu Fox has attempted to fill an important gap in recent Indian historiography by writing...

... colonial per dy and bungling combined with the unbridled ambitions of Dogra chieftains contributed to the forging of the modern Kashmiri state. The Dogras, as any student of Kashmir is aware, showed scant regard for their predominantly Muslim subjects and thereby contributed to the growth of a distinct...

... have endured from the nineteenth century onward. In the process, she relentlessly marshals evidence of British colonial malfeasance and Dogra complicity. She remains curiously silent, however, about the precolonial history of Kashmir. Na ¨ve readers approaching Rai s work will leave ignorant...

... largely lacking in discussions of the effects of partition, his research into Muslim refugee populations who moved into Sialkot from the neighboring province and city of Jammu makes clear the complicity of the Dogra Maharaja's troops in forcing them from their homes in order to convert Jammu...

... of Kashmir within the Mughal Empire and the period of Afghan rule. Chapter 3 explores traditions of historical composition in the nineteenth century, which were produced within the context of Sikh and Dogra rule, and were responding to colonial efforts to chart the history of Kashmir. Here Zutshi highlights...

... leaders than about hard-headed calculations of national interests in New Delhi. There are occasional lapses of judgments or oversights. For instance, reliance on Alastair Lamb to characterize the Dogra rule in Kashmir is an unfortunate choice. Ganguly could have given more space to the controversy about...

.... The history of Ladakh, for example, is traced from earliest times through the rule of the Dogras without a single citation. Moreover, Mr. Chopra does not begin to deal in earnest with his announced theme until the latter half of the volume, as he evidently feels called upon to share his tortuous travel...

... of documentation. The history of Ladakh, for example, is traced from earliest times through the rule of the Dogras without a single citation. Moreover, Mr. Chopra does not begin to deal in earnest with his announced theme until the latter half of the volume, as he evidently feels called upon to share his tortuous...

... of Treaties and quoted by Richard- so concerned with her own domestic affairs son in that the Tibetan letters do not mention and with Pakistani hostility that she did not the Emperor of China. Here Mr. Shakabpa adopt a firm policy toward China with regard agrees with Li that the defeat of the Dogras to Tibet...

... of the Dogras to Tibet and, in the end, "paved the way for was brought about exclusively by Tibetan an easy invasion of Tibet by China in 1950" troops and disagrees with Richardson, who (P- 324>- suggests that no reference was made to Lhasa Those familiar with British archival mate- before the conclusion...

... again and again reported to be "quite close" or stationed in "the next village" (p. 30 ff Indeed, so pervasive was this misconception that as late as the 1840s the British assumed as a matter of course that Chinese troops were involved in the repulse of the Dogra invasion of ...

... was this misconception that as late as the 1840s the British assumed as a matter of course that Chinese troops were involved in the repulse of the Dogra invasion of BOOK REVIEWS 335 Tibet. Miss Woodman unsuspectingly adopts this assumption (p. 35). From the Chinese records, however, it is clear that not only were...

... 1975 BOOK REVIEWS 1071 Dogra ruler, should be required reading for anyone interested in the history of Kashmir. ROBERT A. HUTTENBACK California Institute of Technology Village Life in South India: Cultural Design and Environmental Variation. BY ALAN R. BEALS. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1974...

... Press, 1974. xiv, 184 pp. Maps, Illustrations, Table, Appendices, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $15.00. When the anticipated hostilities between the British and the Sikh Khalsa finally erupted in 1846, the former were greatly assisted by Gulab Singh, one of the notorious "Dogra brothers" who had...

... of the Dogra State of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh. JAS, 20, 4,1961, 447-488. Articles BARRETT, DOUGLAS. Sculptures from Kashmir. British Museum quarterly 23 no. 2 (1961), 4952. BOSE, S. C. Occupance in relation to geomorphology in the Vale of Kashmir. GRI 23 (June 1961), 40-48. DHAR, SOMNATH. Folklore...

... presence. The resulting imbroglio in Jaffna tells us more about the hubris of Indian leaders than about hard-headed calculations of national interests in New Delhi. There are occasional lapses of judgments or oversights. For instance, reliance on Alastair Lamb to characterize the Dogra rule in Kashmir...

... that Kashmir is now unimportant, especially to India and Paikstan, but that the pace of events on the subcontinent has so quickened as to push the former Dogra state from the front to the back of the stage. Of the two books under discussion, Mr. Gupta's is clearly the more significant. It is a carefully...

... . 1973 . “ Chauda javānōnnē Gilgit mēn Dōgrōn kē iqtedār kā khātima kar dīā” [Fourteen Soldiers in Gilgit Ended the Power of the Dogras] . Bebak January 20–February 10 : 23 – 28 , 82 – 83 . Balawaristan National Front. n.d. “A Wake-Up Call to a Nation in Chains of Slavery.” Pamphlet. Bhabha...