Devotional Sovereignty Kingship and Religion in India Caleb Simmons
Material type: TextSeries: AAR Religion Culture and History | AAR Religion Culture and HistoryPublication details: New Delhi OUP 2020Description: 296 p. ill., couv. ill. 24 cmISBN:- 9780197532072 (Hbk)
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Book | French Institute of Pondicherry | IFP Indology collection | PHIL-REL 0733 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | IN48972 |
Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India investigates the shifting conceptualization of sovereignty in the South Indian kingdom of Mysore during the reigns of Tipu Sultan (r. 1782-1799) and Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (r. 1799-1868). Tipu Sultan was a Muslim king famous for resisting British dominance until his death; Krishnaraja III was a Hindu king who succumbed to British political and administrative control. Despite their differences, thecourts of both kings dealt with the changing political landscape by turning to the religious and mythical past to construct a royal identity for their kings. Caleb Simmons explores the ways in which these two kings and their courts modified and adapted pre-modern Indian notions of sovereignty and kingship inreaction to British intervention
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