CONTENTS List of Maps and Figures vii Acknowledgements ixix Notes on the Contributors xi A Note on the Language and Text xiii Introduction 1 The Parable of the Jakhs EDWARD SIMPSON Gujarat in Maps 20 APARNA KAPADIA AND EDWARD SIMPSON 1. Caste in the Judicial Courts of Gujarat, 1800-60 32 AMRITA SHODHAN 2. Alexander Forbes and the Making of a Regional History 50 APARNA KAPADIA 3. Making Sense of the History of Kutch 66 EDWARD SIMPSON 4. The Lives of Bahuchara Mata 84 SAMIRA SHEIKH 5. Reflections on Caste in Gujarat 100 HARALD TAMBS-LYCHE 6. The Politics of Land in Post-colonial Gujarat 120 NlKITA SUD 7. From Gandhi to Modi: Ahmedabad, 1915-2007 136 HOWARD SPODEK 8. A Potted History of Neighbours and Neighbourliness in Ahmedabad 153 RUBINAjASANI 9. Voices from Sindh in Gujarat 168 RITA KOTHARI 10. Textiles and Dress among the Rabari of Kutch 184 EILUNED EDWARDS 1.1. The Swaminarayan Movement and Religious Subjectivity 207 HANNA H. KIM Glossary 229 References 236 Index 257