The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India

Material Culture and Kingship
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7007-1585-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Royal Asiatic Society Books

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 and moving out to the Kingdom via the palace compound itself and the walled town which surrounded it. An important study for both art historians and South India specialists. The volume is richly illustrated in colour.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howes, Jennifer (British Library, UK)

Howes, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Howes