Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India
by
Daud Ali
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
ISBN-10
0521283353
ISBN-13
9780521283359
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 22nd, 2011
Print length
318 Pages
Weight
528 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 23.00 x 2.40 cms
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Daud Ali's book explores courtly culture in classical India. Trawling literary sources and inscriptions, the book explores the growth of royal households and the crystallisation of a courtly worldview which would remain stable for almost a millenium.
Scholars have long studied classical Sanskrit culture in almost total isolation from its courtly context. This book focuses exclusively on the royal court as a social and cultural institution. Using both literary and inscriptional sources, it begins with the rise and spread of royal households and political hierarchies from the Gupta period (c.350–750), and traces the emergence of a coherent courtly worldview which would remain stable for almost a millennium to 1200. Later chapters examine key features of courtly life such as: manners, ethics, concepts of personal beauty, and theories of disposition. The book ends with a sustained examination of the theory and practice of erotic love in the context of the wider social dynamics and anxieties which faced the people of the court.
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