Jain, Shalin

Identity, community, and state : the Jains under the Mughals / Shalin Jain - Delhi : Primus Books, 2017 - xiii, 402 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm

Introduction --
The Jain religious community in medieval India --
Social moorings and formations --
The urban Jain community, commercial mobility and diaspora --
The Jain community and the Mughal state till 1605 --
Jains and the Mughal state after 1605 --
The notions of religiosity and piety among the Jains --
The 'self' and the 'other': the Jain imagery in contemporary perceptions --
Conclusion.

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Jains--History.--India
Mogul Empire--Religion

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