Richard M.. Eaton

Richard Maxwell Eaton is an American historian, currently working as a professor of history at the University of Arizona. He is known for having written the notable books on Indian history before 1800. He is also credited for his work on the social roles of Sufis, slavery, and cultural history of pre-modern India. His research is focused on the Deccan, the Bengal frontier, Islam in India and India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765, a book with a focus on new cultural history of India from the middle ages to the arrival of the British.