This effort at mapping the growth of the township of Vrindavan, the famous holy place near Mathura in Western Uttar Pradesh in Mughal times is an exercise in local history and geography made possible by a number of documents surviving in the hands of the Gosa’ins (Goswamis) of the Chaitanya sect at Vrindavan. We see how from around mid-sixteenth century temples began to be constructed and kunjs (groves containing huts) began to be established in the vicinity of some small earlier settlements (Nagla Nagu, Dosaich, Nagla Gopa, etc.), which ultimately became parts of the single township of Vrindavan. The story we are able to trace shows how it will be a mistake to hold the society and economy of that age to have been a static one.

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绘制莫卧儿时代小镇的发展图：温达文

努力绘制Vrindavan小镇的发展图，该地区是莫卧儿时代西部北方邦马图拉附近的著名圣地，这是当地历史和地理的一种实践，这是由于在Gosa'ins手中幸存的许多文件才得以实现的（格林达万（Wrindavan）的柴坦亚（Chaitanya）教派。我们看到如何在16世纪中叶左右开始建造寺庙，并在一些较小的早期定居点（纳格拉·纳古，多萨希，纳格拉·戈帕等）附近建立kunjs（包含小屋的小树林），这些地方最终成为一部分弗林达文的一个乡镇。我们能够追寻到的故事表明，保持那个时代的社会和经济成为静态是错误的。