Aparna Kapadia

IN PRAISE OF KINGS : Rajputs, sultans and poets in fifteenth century Gujarat Aparna Kapadia. - 1 - New York Cambridge University Press 2018/01/01 - 183

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175) and index.

Setting the stage : contextualizing fifteenth century Gujarat -- RaṇMallachand : a warrior imagined -- Gangadhara's oeuvre : cosmopolitan poetry for local kings -- Rājavinoda : the sultan as an Indic king -- Rās Mālā : re-discovering a warrior past.

"Attempts close readings of several narratives that have rarely been used for historical analysis and studies the complex processes that contributed to the formation of Gujarat in the fifteenth century, and how it has subsequently shaped Gujarat's future"

9781107153318 (hardback)

Purchased UBSPD,Ernakulam

2017058313


History Of Rajputs, Sultans In India--India--Gujarat.


Gujarat (India)--History.
Gujarat (India)--Literatures.
India--History--1526-1765.

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