bokomslag Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India
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Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India

Daud Ali

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  • 318 sidor
  • 2011
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.
  • Författare: Daud Ali
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780521283359
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 318
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-09-22
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press