by Sajjad Shahid | Aug 6, 2022 | Articles, Many Worlds of the Deccan
Deccani Identity: Instrumental Logic or Deep Love of Land? Kahat Musafir, Uttar ka, jo shahron shahron ghooma,Dilli dekhi, Bambai dekhi, Kalkatta bhi dekha;Bindhyachal ki gowd mein lekin Dakkan des hai aisa,Jo aaya ek baar yahan vo apnay des na lauta. (Says the...
by Prachi Deshpande | Aug 6, 2022 | Articles, Many Worlds of the Deccan
What an 18th-Century Sale Deed Reveals About Language and Territory in the Deccan In the early 1700s, a moneylender called Narsingrao Ramaji got his clerk to draft a couple of sale transactions. He had sold his share in the headman’s post in a village near Dharwad in...
