TY - BOOK ID - 142387613 TI - The rise of the Indo-Afghan empire, c.1710-1780 PY - 1994 SN - 9004644733 PB - Leiden : BRILL, DB - UniCat KW - India KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142387613 AB - The Rise of The Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 deals with the magnificent world of Afghan nomads, horse-dealers and mercenaries bridging the frontiers between the old metropolitan centres of India, Iran and Central Asia. During the eighteenth century they succeeded in establishing a vigorous new system of Indo-Afghan states. In Central Asia, the Afghans created an imperial tradition on the basis of long-standing Perso-Islamic ideals. In India, along the caravan routes with Turkistan and Tibet, they carved out thriving principalities in association with military service and the breeding and trade in war-horses. By fully incorporating this Afghan ascendancy into the fabric of Islamic and world history the author challenges the widely held notion of a gloomy Afghan past. ER -