Harbans mukhia biography of williams

Harbans Mukhia, 85, was Professor of Medieval History and Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In early years, his interest focused on medieval Indian historiography, leading to Doctoral thesis at Delhi University, later published, Historians and Historiography during the Reign of Akbar, Vikas, New Delhi, 1976.  Teaching a course on Feudalism at JNU in the 70s and 80s led to research on its theoretical and empirical premises in a comparative perspective.

‘Was there Feudalism in Indian History?’ originally Presidential Address, Medieval Section, Indian History Congress, 1979, also published in The Journal of Peasant Studies, 1981, became the centre of an international debate from 1985 to 93, published as the journal’s special issue and then as a book, Feudalism and Non-European Societies, Frank Cass, London, 1985 (co-edited with T J Byres).

It was once again revised, edited by him and published as The Feudalism Debate, Manohar, New Delhi, in 2000. A str