
In Praise of Kings
Rajputs, Sultans and Poets in Fifteenth-century Gujarat
Aparna Kapadia(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 16. May 2018
Book
Hardback
194 pages
978-1-107-15331-8 (ISBN)
Description
In Praise of Kings is a ground breaking study of the long-neglected fifteenth century in South Asian history. Contrary to the conventional focus on the Delhi-centred empires which consider this period as an age of decline, this book illuminates the cultural and political dynamism of the era. It reconstructs the fascinating world of the royal courts of Gujarat, including those of the Rajput chieftains and the regional sultans, through close readings of rarely used literary works in Sanskrit and Gujarati. The book also complicates another popularly held perception: that of Gujarat as the land of traders and merchants. Instead, it shows how Gujarat's warrior past was also integral to this region's identity and history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-15331-8 (9781107153318)
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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).
Content
Acknowledgements; A note on transliteration and usage; Introduction; 1. Setting the stage: contextualising fifteenth-century Gujarat; 2. Ra?mallachanda: a warrior imagined; 3. Gangadhara's oeuvre: cosmopolitan poetry for local kings; 4. Rajavinoda: the sultan as Indic king; 5. Ras Mala: re-discovering a warrior past; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.