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Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India

By Daud Ali

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521816270, 9780521816274
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (21743798 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
Pages
156\156
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Representing the first full-length study of courtly culture in classical India, this book explores the growth of royal households and the development of a courtly worldview in the Gupta period (c. 350-750) and its aftermath. Using both literary sources and inscriptions up to 1200, the book establishes the organization, personnel and protocol of the royal household as the background for a sustained examination of courtly ethics, notions of beauty, and theories of erotic love.

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