The collections of documents preserved by the temples of Vrindavan and Jaipur and by private individuals have been used to trace the history of a village in Mathura district from the earlier part of the sixteenth to the earlier part of the eighteenth century. The information gathered relates mainly to issues of land control and changes in composition of village population, as the village turned more and more into a holy place for Vaishnavites in Mughal times.
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