Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia

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Kaushik Roy

Warfare, Society and Culture

The make-up of South Asian armies has always been determined by class and culture as well as by the different aims of the communities who served in them. Roy investigates the various factors that influenced the formation and mobilization of military forces in the region from 300 BC to the modern day. He contrasts military recruitment in South Asia with China, Africa, the Ottoman Empire and western Europe. The conditions of military service and the military personnel are studied in a broader context, illuminating the social, cultural, economic and technological factors involved.

Readership

Military History, Indian History and Empire Studies

Contents

Introduction
1 Warfare and Military Manpower Mobilization in the Maurya and Gupta eras: 300 BC–500 AD
2 Feudal Levies and Rajput Chivalry: 500–1200 AD
3 From the Mamluks to the Mansabdars: 1200–1700 AD
4 The Era of the Military Entrepreneurs: 1700–1840 AD
5 East India Company and the Regimental System of Recruitment: 1740–1947
6 From Colonial to Post-Colonial Army: Military Mercenaries or a National Army?
7 Warlords and Unconventional Warfare
8 Non-combatant Military Manpower

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