This Map is an Archive: Making and Sharing Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century
A lecture on how knowledge of land was produced and shared in eighteenth-century western India, drawing on a painted map of Gujarat, late Mughal documents, and merchant and tax records. AI summary of the listing
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How did knowledge become durable, portable, and authoritative in eighteenth-century western India? Based on a monumental painted map of Gujarat and the documentary world of the late Mughal empire, the lecture tracks how knowledge of the land was produced and shared. Folds of cloth and paper, the convergence of painting and devotional poetry, and the organisation of tax and merchants’ records reveal the labor and…
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