Howes, Jennifer.

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

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

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

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, 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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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.

History.
Vāstu Shastra publications

Royal Asiatic Society books.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 254322
Cote: BIB 184256
Statut: Disponible