Brahmavaivarta Purana Pt. 3 Prakrti Khanda (Book-2) (AITM Vol. 79) Tara Printing Works Varanasi CONTENTS Introduction i-xx Chapter-I Creation

CONTENTS Introduction i-xx Chapter-I Creation of a Pre-Permanent Settlement Aristocracy in Bengal 1-28 Chapter-2 Rich Peasants and Share Croppers: The Agrarian Dichotomy 29-44 Chapter-3 Creation of the Imperial Paradigm: Property 45-64 Chapter-4 Flight from the Bengal Model 65-78 Chapter-5 Colonial Antecedents of the Rent Question 79-88 Chapter-6 The Rent Question and the Colonial Property Experiments 89-101 Chapter-7 Conclusion 103-125 Appendix 127-131 Bibliography 133-143 Index 145-150

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Brahmavaivarta Purana Pt. 3 Prakrti Khanda (Book-2) (AITM Vol. 79) Tara Printing Works Varanasi CONTENTS Introduction i-xx Chapter-I CreationAbout the Book Brahmavaivartapurana figures as the tenth in the traditional list of the Puranas. It is divided into four parts called khandas, comprising 267 chapters. The khandas are Brahmakhanda: 30 chapters, Prakstikhanda: 67 chapters, Ganapatikhanda: 46 chapters, and Srikrsnajanmakhanda 133 chapters. It is well known that the Brahmavaivarta is a Vaisnavite Purana and the sole objective of the work is to glorify the life and achievements of Sri