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Richard M. Eaton

b. 1940 · 20th century · Also known as Richard Eaton

Richard M. Eaton is an American historian of South Asia, long a professor at the University of Arizona. His books include Sufis of Bijapur (1978), The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760 (1993), which linked the spread of Islam in eastern Bengal to agrarian settlement on the forest frontier, and India in the Persianate Age (2019).

Richard M. Eaton
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