Aparna Kapadia (Massachusetts Williams College)

In Praise of Kings

Rajputs, Sultans and Poets in Fifteenth-Century Gujarat

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the fifteenth century in South Asian history, this book reconstructs the fascinating world of the royal courts of Gujarat, including those of Rajput chieftains and regional sultans, through close readings of literary works in Sanskrit and Gujarati. It shows how Gujarat's warrior past was also integral to its identity and history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781107153318
• ISBN-10: 110715331X
• Artikelnr.: 51265462

Autorenporträt

Aparna Kapadia teaches History at Williams College, Massachusetts. She writes about the history of Gujarat and Western India, and the cultural and intellectual histories of early modern and modern South Asia. She is the author of several journal articles and co-editor of The Idea of Gujarat: History, Ethnography and Text (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; A note on transliteration and usage; Introduction; 1. Setting the stage: contextualising fifteenth-century Gujarat; 2. Rämallachanda: a warrior imagined; 3. Gangadhara's oeuvre: cosmopolitan poetry for local kings; 4. R
javinoda: the sultan as Indic king; 5. R
s M
l
: re-discovering a warrior past; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.