Contents

pp v-vi

List of Figures

pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements

pp viii-viii

Introduction

pp 1-20

I - Borders and Beyond

pp 21-22

1 - India's Spatial History in the Brahmaputra–Meghna River Basin

pp 23-37

2 - The Birth of the Ryot: Rethinking the Agrarian in British Assam

pp 38-65

3 - Embracing or Challenging the ‘Tribe’? Dilemmas in Reproducing Obligatory Pasts in Meghalaya

pp 66-86

II - Surveys and Explorations

pp 87-88

4 - Picturing a Region: A Geographical History of British Assam

pp 89-109

5 - Geographical Exploration and Historical Investigation: John Peter Wade in Assam

pp 110-128

III - Ethnography, History, and the Politics of Representation

pp 129-130

6 - Naga: Lineages of a Term

pp 131-150

7 - Representing the Nagas: Negotiating National Culture and Consumption

pp 151-176

IV - Law, State, and Practices of Governance

pp 177-178

8 - Frontier Regime and Colonial Rule

pp 179-206

9 - The Law of Emptiness: Episodes from Lushai and Chin Hills (1890–98)

pp 207-236

10 - The Colonial State and the ‘Illegal’ Arms Trade along the North-East Frontier of India, 1860s to 1900s

pp 237-262

V - Cultural Dialogues

pp 263-264

11 - Appropriating the Ao Past in the Christian Present

pp 265-293

12 - Why Do People Convert? Understanding Conversions to Christianity in Mizoram

pp 294-313

13 - From Sacred Rocks to Temples: Recasting Religion as Identity in Northeast India

pp 314-332

Notes on Contributors

pp 333-335

Index

pp 336-343