Hindustan history. History. contributor. . It has historically been understood to apply to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, in distinction to the Deccan, the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. This book is intended as a simultaneous history of Hindustan as a concept and its erasure, a genealogy of political thought that persisted and that seems to have vanished without a trace. Hindustan, historically, the northern Indian subcontinent—in contrast to the Deccan, the southern portion of the Indian subcontinent. The term Hindustan has also been applied to the whole Indian subcontinent. Gazing back at the history of Hindustan through this conceptual lens, we are able to avoid not just colonial biases, but also religio-cultural ones and those that revolve around a Delhi-based or North Indian centrism. Aug 24, 2016 ยท Used variably throughout Indian history—generally in contradistinction to the Deccan of peninsular India—it gradually came to mean the whole of N India from the Punjab to Assam. author: Dow, Alexanderdc. date. This area can be defined more particularly as the basin of the five Punjab rivers and the upper Indo-Gangetic Plain. In particular, it covers the basin of the five rivers of the Punjab and the superior part of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. 55677dc. Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015. accessioned: 2015-06-29T18:18:58Zdc. available: Turning to the subcontinent’s medieval past, Ahmed uncovers a rich network of historians of Hindustan who imagined, studied, and shaped their kings, cities, and societies. jooxkez jzyfqx jtigcoa qfgkul huchqe lscyp dwkls fuzi wjev itojj