New Cambridge History of India - Vijayanagara

Klappentext Stein addresses the central question of the extent to which Vijayanagara! as a medieval Hindu kingdom can be viewed. Zusammenfassung Concentrating on the later sixteenth- and seventeenth-century history of Vijayanagara! Burton Stein details the pattern of rule established in this important and long-lived Hindu kingdom! which was followed by other! often smaller! kingdoms of peninsular India until the onset of colonialism. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; General editor's preface; Preface maps; 1. Introduction; 2. The medieval past: continuity and disjunction; 3. The city and the kingdom; 4. Political economy and society: the sixteenth century; 5. Imperial collapse and aftermath: 1542-1700; 6. Conclusion; Bibliographical essay; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Stein Burton, Burton Stein
• Assisted by: Christopher Alan Bayly (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2005
• EAN: 9780521619257
• ISBN: 978-0-521-61925-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: New Cambridge History of India
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories