Contents

• A Note on Translation and Transliteration
• Acknowledgments
• Maps

• Introduction: Peasants, Monks, and Indian History
• 1.  Sadhus and Shudras in North India, ca. 1700–1900
• 2. Ramanand and Ramanandis, ca. 1900–1940
• 3. Being Vaishnava,  Becoming Kshatriya
• 4. Culture, Conflict, and Violence in Gangetic India
• 5. Conclusions

• 1. Francis Buchanan
• 2. Dharnidharacharya and James Tod
• 3.  Gopa Charitam
• Bibliography