Precolonial India in Practice e-bog
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The society of traditional India is frequently characterized as static and dominated by caste. This study challenges older interpretations, arguing that medieval India was actually a time of dynamic change and fluid social identities. Using records of religious endowments from Andhra Pradesh, author Cynthia Talbot reconstructs a regional society of the precolonial past as it existed in practice.
E-bog
1167,65 DKK
Forlag
Oxford University Press
Udgivet
20 september 2001
Genrer
1FKA
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780198031239
The society of traditional India is frequently characterized as static and dominated by caste. This study challenges older interpretations, arguing that medieval India was actually a time of dynamic change and fluid social identities. Using records of religious endowments from Andhra Pradesh, author Cynthia Talbot reconstructs a regional society of the precolonial past as it existed in practice.