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| name = Richard M. Eaton<br />
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| caption = Richard M. Eaton<br />
| birth_name = Richard Maxwell Eaton<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|12|8}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], United States<br />
| occupation = Historian<br />
| notableworks = * ''Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States''<br />
| genre = History<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| alma_mater = [[College of Wooster]], [[University of Virginia]], [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]<br />
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'''Richard Maxwell Eaton''' (born 1940) is an American [[historian]], currently working as a [[professor]] of [[history]] at the [[University of Arizona]].<ref name="VIAF">{{cite web | title=56655768 | website=VIAF | url=https://viaf.org/viaf/56655768/ | access-date=2021-01-22}}<br />
*{{Cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/amp/new-book-focusses-on-rise-of-persianate-age-in-indian-subcontinent/1625819 |title = New book focusses on rise of Persianate age in Indian subcontinent}}<br />
*{{Cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/opinion/some-musings-from-ayodhya/cid/1720953 |title = Some musings from Ayodhya}}<br />
*{{Cite web | url=https://scroll.in/article/769463/we-will-never-know-the-number-of-temples-desecrated-through-indias-history-richard-eaton |title = 'We will never know the number of temples desecrated through India's history': Richard Eaton| date=20 November 2015 }}<br />
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/india-in-the-persianate-age-review-the-syncretic-age-of-persia-in-india/article30298120.ece|title='India in the Persianate Age' review: The syncretic age of Persia in India|first=Sudhirendar|last=Sharma|date=December 14, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> He is known for having written the notable books on the history of India before 1800. He is also credited for his work on the social roles of [[Sufism|Sufis]], [[slavery]], and cultural history of pre-modern India.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://religion.arizona.edu/people/reaton | title=Eaton, Richard M}}</ref> His research is focused on the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]], the [[Bengal]] frontier, and [[Islam in India]]. Some of his notable works include ''Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States'' and ''India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765,'' which gives a cultural and historical overview of India from the medieval period to the arrival of the British.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma|first=Sudhirendar|date=2019-12-14|title='India in the Persianate Age' review: The syncretic age of Persia in India|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/india-in-the-persianate-age-review-the-syncretic-age-of-persia-in-india/article30298120.ece|access-date=2021-03-03|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Butler|first=John|date=2020-06-12|title="India in the Persianate Age, 1000–1765" by Richard M Eaton|url=https://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/india-in-the-persianate-age-1000-1765-by-richard-m-eaton/|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Asian Review of Books|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|date=10 January 2020|title=Indian cosmopolis - Book Review - Medieval history|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/indian-cosmopolis/|access-date=2021-03-03|website=[[Times Literary Supplement]]|language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
Eaton has written and edited several books on India and related topics:<br />
*''Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700'' - Princeton University Press: 1978<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691616483/the-sufis-of-bijapur-1300-1700|title=The Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700|date=March 8, 2015|via=press.princeton.edu|isbn=9780691616483}}</ref><br />
*''Islamic History as Global History'' - American Historical Association,: 1990<br />
*''Firuzabad: Palace City of the Deccan'' - Oxford University Press: 1992<br />
*''The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760'' - Oxford University Press: 1993<br />
*''Essays on Islam and Indian history'' - Oxford University Press: 2000<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abGSNAAACAAJ|title=Essays on Islam and Indian History|first=Richard Maxwell|last=Eaton|date=February 6, 2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780195662658}}</ref><br />
*''A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761'' 0 ''Eight Indian Lives''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, - published: 2000 (''The New Cambridge History of India. I.8)''<br />
*''India's Islamic Traditions, 711-1750'' (general editor). Oxford University Press: 2003<br />
* ''Approaches to the Study of Conversion to Islam in India'' in ''Religious Movements in South Asia 600-1800'' (edited by [[David N. Lorenzen]]) - Oxford University Press: 2005<br />
*''Temple Desecration and Muslim States in Medieval India'' - published: 2004<br />
* ''Slavery and South Asian History'' (co-editor with Indrani Chatterjee) - Indiana University Press: 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-253-11671-0}}<br />
*''Power, Memory, Architecture: Contested Sites on India's Deccan Plateau, 1300-1600'' - Oxford University Press: 2014<br />
*''India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765'' - University of California Press; Penguin: 2019<ref name=":0" /><br />
*co-ed. with Ramya Sreenivasan. ''The Oxford Handbook of the Mughal World''. 2020. DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190222642.001.0001 [https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/34708]<br />
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== External links==<br />
*[https://arizona.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/richard-m-eaton Richard M Eaton] at University of Arizona<br />
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