01041pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002000040245005600060260000900116300001600125362001100141520054100152650001200693773003400705909001000739999001700749952010500766180718b2002 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aBhargava, Meena aForests, people and state: continuities and changes c2002 ap.4440-446. a26 Oct aThis paper focuses on the differences between pre-colonial and colonial constructions of nature and how the two interacted with and absorbed one another, with reference to the forests of the Gorakhpur region. The East India Company, while continuing the Mughal framework and institutions in the management of the forests, also embarked upon reinvention of traditions and recreation of customs. its commercial and strategic interests always remained prominent as it sought to reinforce its notions of power and authority. - Reproduced. aForests aEconomic and Political Weekly a54257 c54257d54257 00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 37, Issue no: 43pAR54702r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR