The courts of pre-colonial South India : material culture and kingship
Title:
The courts of pre-colonial South India : material culture and kingship
Royal Asiatic Society books
Royal Asiatic Society books.
Author:
Howes, Jennifer.
ISBN:
9781138990449
9780700715855
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Physical Description:
xvi, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Series:
Royal Asiatic Society books
Royal Asiatic Society books.
General Note:
Originally published: 2004. |
Contents:
The Manasara and pre-colonial kingship in south India -- Vijayanagara and Madurai -- The emergence of Ramnad kingdom -- Paintings in the Ramalinga Vilasam -- Ramnad Palace -- Ramnad town -- Ramnad kingdom -- Ramnad's rivals.
Abstract:
"This book investigates how the material culture of south Indian courts was perceived by those who lived there in the pre-colonial period. Howes peels away the standard categories used to study Indian palace space, such as public/private and male/female, and replaces them with indigenous descriptions of space found in court poetry, vastu shastra and painted representations of courtly life. Set against the historical background of the events which led to the formation of the Ramnad kingdom, the kingdom's material circumstances are examined, beginning with the innermost region of the palace, then moving through the palace compound, into the town surrounding the palace, and outwards to the kingdom's farthest reaches."--Jacket.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index.
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