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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Superior document:Colonial and Global History through Dutch Sources
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden University Press,, 2021
©2021
Year of Publication:2022
2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Colonial and global history through Dutch sources
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 online resource)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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  • Unpublished Sources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.