Multipliticities: Urban Cultures of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region

President's Note p.8, Foreword p.9, Acknowledgements p.10, Introduction p.12, Chapter 1: Beginning of Urbanisation in North Konkan : 5th century BCE to 4th century CE, Geological Heritage - The Region of Aparanta - Sopara as an Urban Centre - Traders and Monks - Rise of other Urban Centres - Kanheri and Mahakali Caves - Donors and Monks p.16, Chapter 2: Buddhist and Shaiva Centres: 5th century CE to 8th century CE Decline of Urbanisation in Sopara - Increase in Indo-Arab trade - Kanheri as a Buddhist Centre, Trade, Economy and Monasteries - Rise of Shaivism – Jogeshwari, Elephanta and Mandapeshwar p.58, Chapter 3: Shaping of the Medieval City: 9th century CE to 12th century CE, The Rise and Fall of the Shilaharas - Migration of People - Accounts of Travellers -Thane and Salsette lslands – Political Instability p.112, Chapter 4: Negotiating Contestations: 13th century CE to 16th century CE, Rise of Islamic Rule - Battle for Supremacy - Socio-Economic Life of the Region, - Portuguese Rule - Vasai - Arrival of the Britis p.150, Chapter 5: Consolidating the Islands: 1661 CE to 1818 CE, Bombay lslands - Koliwadas and Gaothans - East India Company, -Resident Island Communities – Building of Docks and Roads - The Great Fire p.192, Chapter 6: Trading Communities, Flourishing Markets: 1819 CE to 1856 CE, Anglo-Maratha war - Cotton and Opium Trade - Settling of Neighbourhoods -Creation of Markets - Sellers, not Manufacturers p.238, Chapter 7: Colonial City, Textile City, , 1857 CE to 1915 CE, Rebellion of 1857 - British Empire - Industrialisation - Cotton Textile Mills - Land Reclamation - Public Landscape - Institution Building p.296, Chapter 8: Modernist Bombay to Metropolis Mumbai: 350 1916 CE to 1950 CE, Housing Schemes - Entertainment City – Progress and Modernity - Town Planning Policies in City and Salsette - Independence Movement - Formation of Maharashtra State p.350, Bibliography p.392