Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India
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Moonset on Sunrise Mountain

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Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India

Moonset on Sunrise Mountain

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In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r.1070–1120) as the ruler of the imperial Chola dynasty. By focusing on this complex event and its ramifications over time, Cox traces far-reaching transformations throughout the kingdom and beyond. Through a methodologically innovative combination of history, theory and the close reading of a rich series of Sanskrit and Tamil textual sources, Cox reconstructs the nature of political society in medieval India. A major intervention in the fields of South Asian social, political and cultural history, religion and comparative political thought, this book poses fresh comparative and conceptual questions about politics, history, agency and representation in the pre-modern world.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9781316781975
Topic
History
Subtopic
Indian & South Asian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Note on the Transliteration and Presentation of Texts
  11. Introduction
  12. 1 Rājiga, before 1070
  13. 2 Rājendracoḷa, June 1070–May 1074
  14. 3 Kulottuṅga: The King and the Poets, ca. 1087–1115
  15. 4 The Emperor of the Three Worlds and the Lord of the Little Shrine
  16. Conclusions
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index