Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra
Cynthia Talbot
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.
Рік:
2001
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
328
ISBN 10:
1423726731
ISBN 13:
9781423726739
Файл:
PDF, 18.60 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2001