The Heirs of Vijayanagara : : Court Politics in Early-Modern South India
This comparative study investigates court politics in four kingdoms that succeeded the s outh Indian Vijayanagara empire during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries: Ikkeri, Tanjavur, Madurai, and Ramnad. Building on a unique combination of unexplored Indian texts and Dutch archival records, this r...
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Bes, Lennart. The Heirs of Vijayanagara : Court Politics in Early-Modern South India 1st ed. Leiden Leiden University Press 2022 Leiden University Press, 2021 ©2021 1 online resource (1 online resource) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Colonial and Global History through Dutch Sources Description based on print version record. This comparative study investigates court politics in four kingdoms that succeeded the s outh Indian Vijayanagara empire during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries: Ikkeri, Tanjavur, Madurai, and Ramnad. Building on a unique combination of unexplored Indian texts and Dutch archival records, this research offers a captivating new analysis of political culture, power relations, and dynastic developments. In great detail, this monograph provides both new facts and fresh insights that contest existing scholarship. By highlighting their competitive, fluid, and dynamic nature, it undermines the historiography viewing these courts as harmonic, hierarchic, and static. Far from being remote, ritualised figures, we find kings and Brahmins contesting with other courtiers for power. At the same time, by stressing continuities with the past, this study questions recent scholarship that perceives a fundamentally new form of Nayaka kingship. Thus, this research has important repercussions for the way we perceive both these kingdoms and their ‘medieval’ precursors. English Machine generated contents note: Historical Background -- Sources -- Historiography -- Structure -- ch. 1 Foundations and Foundation Myths -- Vijayanagara -- Sangamas -- Saluvas, Tuluvas, and Aravidus -- Successor States -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Conclusions -- ch. 2 Dynastic Successions -- Vijayanagara -- Sangamas and Saluvas -- Tuluvas -- Aravidus -- Successor States -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Conclusions -- ch. 3 The Power of Courtiers -- Vijayanagara -- Sangamas and Saluvas -- Tuluvas -- Aravidus -- Successor States -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Conclusions -- ch. 4 Court Protocol and Insults -- Vijayanagara -- Successor States -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Conclusions -- ch. 5 Influences from Sultanate Courts -- Vijayanagara -- Successor States -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Conclusions -- ch. 6 Mutual Relations -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Aravidus of Vijayanagara -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Sources and Literature -- Unpublished Sources -- Published Sources -- Secondary Literature. Asian history bicssc Politics & government bicssc India bicssc South Asia, India, kingship, courts, modern history, diplomacy, political history India, South Court and courtiers History. India, South Kings and rulers. India, South History. India, South Politics and government. India History 1526-1765. 94-006-0416-5 Colonial and global history through Dutch sources |
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Bes, Lennart. The Heirs of Vijayanagara : Court Politics in Early-Modern South India Colonial and Global History through Dutch Sources Machine generated contents note: Historical Background -- Sources -- Historiography -- Structure -- Foundations and Foundation Myths -- Vijayanagara -- Sangamas -- Saluvas, Tuluvas, and Aravidus -- Successor States -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Conclusions -- Dynastic Successions -- Sangamas and Saluvas -- Tuluvas -- Aravidus -- The Power of Courtiers -- Court Protocol and Insults -- Influences from Sultanate Courts -- Mutual Relations -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Aravidus of Vijayanagara -- Sources and Literature -- Unpublished Sources -- Published Sources -- Secondary Literature. |
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The Heirs of Vijayanagara : Court Politics in Early-Modern South India |
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Court Politics in Early-Modern South India |
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The Heirs of Vijayanagara : Court Politics in Early-Modern South India |
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The Heirs of Vijayanagara : Court Politics in Early-Modern South India |
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The Heirs of Vijayanagara : Court Politics in Early-Modern South India |
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The Heirs of Vijayanagara : Court Politics in Early-Modern South India |
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Historical Background -- Sources -- Historiography -- Structure -- Foundations and Foundation Myths -- Vijayanagara -- Sangamas -- Saluvas, Tuluvas, and Aravidus -- Successor States -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Conclusions -- Dynastic Successions -- Sangamas and Saluvas -- Tuluvas -- Aravidus -- The Power of Courtiers -- Court Protocol and Insults -- Influences from Sultanate Courts -- Mutual Relations -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Aravidus of Vijayanagara -- Sources and Literature -- Unpublished Sources -- Published Sources -- Secondary Literature. |
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2022 2021 |
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Machine generated contents note: Historical Background -- Sources -- Historiography -- Structure -- Foundations and Foundation Myths -- Vijayanagara -- Sangamas -- Saluvas, Tuluvas, and Aravidus -- Successor States -- Nayakas of Ikkeri -- Nayakas of Tanjavur -- Bhonsles of Tanjavur -- Nayakas of Madurai -- Setupatis of Ramnad -- Conclusions -- Dynastic Successions -- Sangamas and Saluvas -- Tuluvas -- Aravidus -- The Power of Courtiers -- Court Protocol and Insults -- Influences from Sultanate Courts -- Mutual Relations -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Aravidus of Vijayanagara -- Sources and Literature -- Unpublished Sources -- Published Sources -- Secondary Literature. |
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1526-1765. |
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