Politics, Kingship and Poetry in Medieval South India
Author | : Whitney Cox |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2016-10-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107172371 |
ISBN-13 | : 1107172373 |
Rating | : 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Download or read book Politics, Kingship and Poetry in Medieval South India written by Whitney Cox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through a revisionist reading of the Chola dynasty, a medieval South Asian superpower. Utilizing a series of textual sources, this innovative study poses comparative and conceptual questions about politics, history, agency and representation in the pre-modern world.