Many Lives of a Rajput Queen - Heroic Pasts in India, C. 1500-1900

Informationen zum Autor Ramya Sreenivasan is assistant professor of history at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York. Klappentext Ramya Sreenivasan is assistant professor of history at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York. Zusammenfassung The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji! the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives. This book investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals! for varying different political ends. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Usage List of Maps 1. Introduction 2. Sufi Tale of Rajputs in Sixteenth-century Avadh 3. Rajput Kings and their Pasts in the Mughal Period 4. Tales of Past Glory under Early Colonial Indirect Rule (c. 1750-1850) 5. Exemplary Patriotism in the Late Nineteenth Century 6. Conclusion 7. Appendix 1: Summaries of Selected Versions of the Legend 8. Appendix 2: List of Known Versions / Manuscripts / Editions of the Padmini Legend Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Ramya Sreenivasan
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2007
• EAN: 9780295987606
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98760-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Indien, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte