Part of the prestigious Debates in Indian History and Society series, this volume presents the key argument of the debates, along with a selection of writings that made pioneering interventions in the study of the 18th century in Indian history.

Seema Alavi is Professor of History, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

Irfan Habib, formerly of Aligarh Muslim University

Muzaffar Alam, University of Chicago

P.J. Marshall, formerly of Cambridge University

Om Prakash, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University

C.A. Bayly, Cambridge University

Prasannan Parthasarathi, Cambridge University

Bernard S. Cohn, formerly of the University of Chicago