1st Edition
The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India Material Culture and Kingship
By Jennifer Howes
Copyright 2003
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction 1. The Mansara and Pre-Colonial Kingship 2. Vijayanagara and Madurai 3. Ramnad Kingdon's Emergence 4. Paintings in the Ramalinga Vilasam 5. Ramnad Palace 6. Ramnad Town 7. Ramnad Kingdom 8. Ramnad's Rivals
Biography
Jennifer Howes
'This book is full of interesting insights and thought provoking ideas.' - South Asian Studies
