TY - BOOK AU - Eaton, Richard Maxwell. TI - The rise of Islam and the Bengal frontier, 1204-1760 T2 - Comparative studies on Muslim societies SN - 9780520917 AV - DS485.B46 E16 1993eb U1 - 954.14 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Islam KW - India KW - Bengal KW - History KW - HISTORY KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Bengal (India) KW - West Bengal (India) KW - Bangladesh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-341) and index; Section 1. Bengal under the Sultan: Before the Turkish Conquest -- The Articulation of Political Authority -- Early Sufis of the Delta -- Economy, Society, and Culture -- Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and Protagonists -- Section 2. Bengal under the Mughals -- The Rise of Mughal Power -- Mughal Culture and Its Diffusion -- Islam and the Agrarian Order in the East -- Mosque and Shrine in the Rural Landscape -- The Rooting of Islam in Bengal -- Conclusion: Mint Towns and Inscription Sites under Muslim Rulers, 1204-1760 -- Principal Muslim Rulers of Bengal UR - http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio4244413 ER -