Whitney Cox

Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India

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Produktbeschreibung

Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through a revisionist reading of the dynastic history of the Cholas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 325
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781316623626
• ISBN-10: 1316623629
• Artikelnr.: 54783279

Autorenporträt

Whitney Cox is an Associate Professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. His principal interest lies in Sanskrit language and literature, pre-modern Tamil, and in the cultural, political and social history of far southern India. He has been a member of the Collegium of the Berlin-based Zukunftsphilologie project since 2011 and has held awards from Fulbright-Hayes, the British Academy, and the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures
Acknowledgements
Note on the transliteration and presentation of texts
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Râjiga, before 1070
2. Râjendracola, June 1070-May 1074
3. Kulottunga: the King and the Poets, ca.1087-1115
4. The Emperor of the Three Worlds and the Lord of the Little Shrine
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography.