Precolonial India in Practice Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra

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ISBN: 9780195136616 | 0195136616
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Copyright: 9/20/2001

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The society of traditional India is frequently characterized as static and dominated by caste. This study challenges older interpretations, arguing that medieval India was actually a time of dynamic change and fluid social identities. Using records of religious endowments from Andhra Pradesh, author Cynthia Talbot reconstructs a regional society of the precolonial past as it existed in practice.

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Introduction: Medieval India, A History in Transition

(3)

Regions and Regionalism in Medieval India

(7)

Inscriptions as Historical Sources

(5)

Plan of the Book

(2)

Andhra's Age of Inscriptions, 1000--1650

(30)

Physical Environment and Early History

(6)

Distribution of Andhra Inscriptions

(9)

The Telugu Linguistic Region

(4)

Settlement of Interior Andhra

(5)

The Frontier in Andhra History

(5)

The Society of Kakatiya Andhra

(39)

Varna, Jati, and Clan in Andhra Inscriptions

(5)

A Typology of Statuses

(6)

Social Mobility and Individual Achievement

(6)

The Militarism of Kakatiya Society

(5)

Physical Movement in a Changing Landscape

(7)

Fresh Perspectives: Collectives and Women

(5)

Summary: The Fluidity of Social Identities

(3)

Temples and Temple Patronage in Kakatiya Andhra

(39)

The Religious Gift in Theory and in Action

(5)

Agrarian Expansion through Temple and Tank Construction

(6)

The Temple as a Redistributive Center

(7)

Diversity of Temple Types

106

(8)

Motives for Temple Patronage

114

(10)

Summary: Subregional Patterns of Endowment

124

(2)

The Kakatiya Political Network

126

(48)

Expansion of Kakatiya Power

128

(11)

Royal Religious Patronage and Dharmic Kingship

139

(5)

Warrior Prowess and Military Service

144

(10)

Classifying Kakatiya Subordinates

154

(7)

Political Economy of the Kakatiya Era

161

(6)

Conceptualizing the Kakatiya State

167

(7)

The Kakatiyas in Telugu Historical Memory

174

(34)

Reviving Past Glory: Warrior Appropriations of the Kakatiyas

175

(8)

Prataparudra Caritramu, a Telangana Chronicle

183

(11)

The Vijayanagara Connection

194

(8)

Village Accounts and Popular Traditions

202

(6)

Conclusion: Toward a New Model of Medieval India

208

(8)

Appendix A: Andhra Inscriptions, 1000--1649

216

(10)

Appendix B: Kakatiya Andhra Inscriptions

226

(33)

Notes

259

(26)

References

285

(15)

Index

300

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Precolonial India in Practice Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra

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