{"product_id":"precolonial-india-in-practice","title":"Precolonial India in Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Cynthia Talbot\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 305\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195654404\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThousands of temple donors in medieval Andhra recorded the details of their charitable gifts on stone pillars, rock slabs, and temple walls. Using these records of what people actually did, Cynthia Talbot reconstructs the precolonial past as it existed in practice during the period when India’s distinctive regional societies were taking shape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with an examination of the historical processes that ushered in Andhra’s long period of inscriptions (c AD 1000 – 1650), this book moves to an in-depth analysis of the society, temples, and polity in the Kakatiya era (c AD 1175-1325). It concludes with a section on the later historical memories relating to the Kakatiyas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalbot’s interpretation of medieval Andhra as a period of dynamic change, characterized by extensive social and physical mobility and a notable militaristic ethos, offers a significant alternative to the earlier depictions of the history and society of traditional India. In serving as a corrective to the conventional models of the Indian past derived from brahmanical literature, modern ethnography, and colonial observation, this case study of a neglected period and region has important ramifications for our general understanding of the history of precolonial India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrecolonial India in Practice makes a useful contribution to the manner in which scholars need to re-envision medieval India as a complex kaleidoscope of diverse regions and cultures, where a multiplicity of historical processes, cultural practices, and powerful agents interacted with each other to produce a dynamic and expansionist world. It will thus be of relevance to historians, sociologists, and those interested in the realm of politics and religion, state formation, and community identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIST OF MAPS AND TABLES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABBREVIATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTROUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANDHRA’S AGE OF INSCRIPTIONS, 1000-1650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhysical Environment and Early history\u003cbr\u003eDistribution of Andhra Inscriptions\u003cbr\u003eThe Telugu Linguistic Region\u003cbr\u003eSettlement of Interior Andhra\u003cbr\u003eThe Frontier in Andhra History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SOCIETY OF KAKATIYA ANDHRA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVarna, Jati, and Clan in Andhra Inscriptions\u003cbr\u003eA Typology of Statuses\u003cbr\u003eSocial Mobility and Individual Achievement\u003cbr\u003eThe Militarism of Kakatiya society\u003cbr\u003ePhysical Movement in a Changing Landscape\u003cbr\u003eFresh Perspectives: Collectives and Women\u003cbr\u003eSummary: The Fluidity of Social Identities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTEMPLES AND TEMPLE PATRONAGE IN KAKATIYA ANDHRA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Religious Gift in Theory and in Action\u003cbr\u003eAgrarian Expansion through Temple and Tank Construction\u003cbr\u003eThe Temple as a Redistributive Center\u003cbr\u003eDiversity of Temple Types\u003cbr\u003eMotives for Temple Patronage\u003cbr\u003eSummary: Subregional Patterns of Endowment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE KAKATIYA POLITICAL NETWORK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpansion of Kakatiya Power\u003cbr\u003eRoyal Religious Patronage and Dharmic Kingship\u003cbr\u003eWarrior Prowess and Military Service\u003cbr\u003eClassifying Kakatiya Subordinates\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Economy of the Kakatiya Era\u003cbr\u003eConceptualizing the Kakatiya State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE KAKATIYAS IN TELUGU HISTORICAL MEMORY \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReviving Past Glory: Warrior Appropriation of the Kakatiyas\u003cbr\u003ePrataparudra Caritramu, a Telangana Chronicle\u003cbr\u003eThe Vijayanagara Connection \u003cbr\u003eVillage Accounts and Popular Traditions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Toward a New Model of Medieval India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX A\u003cbr\u003eAndhra Inscriptions, 1000-1649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX B\u003cbr\u003eKakatiya Andhra Inscriptions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Cynthia Talbot \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153619513712,"sku":"14029","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/14029.jpg?v=1793911702","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/precolonial-india-in-practice","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}