{"id":18644,"date":"2022-11-28T16:07:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/tod-subscription-2023-2-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:27:24","slug":"tod-subscription-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/tod-subscription-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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James Tod\u2019s ANNALS and ANTIQUITIES of RAJAST\u2019HAN<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]To commemorate its bicentenary, the Royal Asiatic Society commissioned a limited edition re-issue of Lt.-Col. James Tod\u2019s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast\u2019han<\/em>, with a new Companion Volume<\/em> by Norbert Peabody (co-published by the Society and Yale University Press in December 2023).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tod was a founding member of the Society and its first librarian. While librarian, he completed his Annals<\/em> (originally published in 1829 and 1832), which was the literary fruit of his 23-year East India Company career, during which he served as the first Political Agent to the Western Rajput States of Rajasthan (1818\u201322).[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”18683″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1669720308585{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_single_image image=”18648″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1669726913503{padding-right: 6% !important;padding-left: 6% !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1669827511567{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”]<\/p>\n

The two volumes of his now classic text remain essential reading for anyone interested in the history and culture of Rajasthan and the early colonial encounter in India. The text also became an inspirational source for early Indian freedom fighters, who drew on Tod\u2019s rich narrative of Rajasthan\u2019s history, which he articulated in explicitly nationalist terms, as a call for India\u2019s independence from British rule. The book continues to exert a subtle influence on the national imagination of contemporary India. Tod\u2019s text, thus, remains an indispensable source for understanding not only Rajasthan\u2019s historical past but also important aspects of India\u2019s political present. The accompanying Companion Volume <\/i>provides the contemporary reader with the necessary background, critical apparatus, and interpretive frames to better understand this monumental, but often misunderstood, work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\"Crown Click here<\/a> for more details and to read sample pages from the book.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Crown Click here<\/a> to purchase the re-issue from Yale University Press for $1000 (\u00a3850).<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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