The courts of pre-colonial South India : material culture and kingship / Jennifer Howes.

Main entry:

Howes, Jennifer.

Title & Author:

The courts of pre-colonial South India : material culture and kingship / Jennifer Howes.

Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

Description:

xvi, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Royal Asiatic Society books

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index.
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.

Summary:

"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.

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ISBN:

0700715851
9780700715855
9780203221037
0203221036
9781138990449
1138990442

Subject:

Architecture India.
Hindu temples India, South.
Material culture India.
Architecture Inde.
Temples hindous Inde (Sud)
Culture matérielle Inde.
15.75 history of Asia.
21.71 commercial and industrial buildings.
Architecture.
Civilization.
Hindu temples.
Kings and rulers Homes and haunts.
Material culture.
Paleizen.
Hindoeïsme.
Prekoloniale periode.
India Kings and rulers Homes and haunts.
India Civilization To 1200.
India History British occupation, 1765-1947.
Inde Civilisation Jusqu'à 1200.
Inde Histoire 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India.
South India.

Form/genre:

History.
Vāstu Shastra publications

Added entries:

Royal Asiatic Society books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 254322
Call No.: BIB 184256
Status: Available

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