LEADER 03900nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910780106003321 005 20230918205553.0 010 $a1-138-99044-2 010 $a1-280-03190-5 010 $a9780203221036 010 $a0-203-22103-6 035 $a(CKB)111087026857116 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH3704812 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000292896 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11911189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292896 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269625 035 $a(PQKB)10316959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC171821 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL171821 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10096540 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL3190 035 $a(OCoLC)53319398 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087026857116 100 $a20020731d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe courts of pre-colonial South India $ematerial culture and kingship /$fJennifer Howes 210 1$aLondon ; New York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 259 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 0 $aRoyal Asiatic Society books The courts of pre-colonial South India 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7007-1585-1 311 0 $a0-203-29651-6 320 $aBibliography: page 149. 327 $aIntroduction 1. The Mansara and Pre-Colonial Kingship 2. Vijayanagara and Madurai 3. Ramnad Kingdon's Emergence 4. Paintings in the Ramalinga Vilasam 5. Ramnad Palace 6. Ramnad Town 7. Ramnad Kingdom 8. Ramnad's Rivals 330 $bThis book investigates how the material culture of South Indian courts was perceived by those who lived there in the pre-colonial period. Howes peels away the standard categories used to study Indian palace space, such as public/private and male/female, and replaces them with indigenous descriptions of space found in court poetry, vastu shastra and painted representations of courtly life. Set against the historical background of the events which led to the formation of the Ramnad Kingdom, the Kingdom's material circumstances are examined, beginning with the innermost region of the palace and moving out to the Kingdom via the palace compound itself and the walled town which surrounded it. An important study for both art historians and South India specialists. The volume is richly illustrated in colour. This book investigates how the material culture of South Indian courts was perceived by those who lived there in the pre-colonial period. Howes peels away the standard categories used to study Indian palace space, such as public/private and male/female, and replaces them with indigenous descriptions of space found in court poetry, vastu shastra and painted representations of courtly life. Set against the historical background of the events which led to the formation of the Ramnad Kingdom, the Kingdom's material circumstances are examined, beginning with the innermost region of the palace and moving out to the Kingdom via the palace compound itself and the walled town which surrounded it. An important study for both art historians and South India specialists. The volume is richly illustrated in colour. 606 $aArchitecture$zIndia 606 $aHindu temples$zIndia, South 606 $aMaterial culture$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xKings and rulers$xHomes and haunts 607 $aIndia$xCivilization$yTo 1200 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 615 0$aArchitecture 615 0$aHindu temples 615 0$aMaterial culture 676 $a709/.54/8 700 $aHowes$b Jennifer$0766235 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780106003321 996 $aThe courts of pre-colonial South India$93810608 997 $aUNINA