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020			_a0195654404
020			_a9780195654400
040			_cCUS
082			_a954.0902 _bTAL/P
100			_aTalbot, Cynthia _920290
245			_aPrecolonial India in practice: society, region, and identity in medieval Andhra / _cCynthia Talbot
260			_aNew Delhi: _bOxford University Press, _c2001.
300			_axiii, 305 p.: ill.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction: Medieval India, A History in Transition; Regions and Regionalism in Medieval India; Inscriptioirs as Historical Sources Plan of the Book 1. Andhra's Age of Inscriptions, 1000-1650; Physical Environment and Early History; Distribution of Andhra Inscriptions; The Telugu Linguistic Region; Settlement of Interior Andhra; The Frontier in Andhra History -- 2. The Society of Kakatiya Andhra Varna, Jati, and Clan in Andhra Inscriptions; A Typology of Statuses; Social Mobility and Individual Achievement; The Militarism of Kakatiya Society; Physical Movement in a Changing Landscape; Fresh Perspectives: Collectives and Women; Summary: The Fluidity of Social Identities -- 3. Temples and Temple Patronage in Kakatiya Andhra; The Religious Gift in Theory and in Action; Agrarian Expansion through Temple and Tank Construction; The Temple as a Redistributive Center; Diversity of Temple Types; Motives for Temple Patronage; Summary: Subregional Patterns of Endowment -- 4. The Kakatiya Political Network; Expansion of Kakatiya Power; Royal Religious Patronage and Dharmic Kingship; Warrior Prowess and Military Service; Classifying Kakatiya Subordinates; Political Economy of the Kakatiya Era; Conceptualizing the Kakatiya State -- 5. The Kakatiyas in Telugu Historical Memory; Reviving Past Glory: Warrior Appropriations of the Kakatiyas; Prataparudra Caritramu, a Telangana Chronicle; The Vijayanagara Connection Village Accounts and Popular Traditions.
650			_aHistory _zMedieval India _99734
651			_aAndhra Pradesh (India) _xHistory _920291
651			_aAndhra Pradesh (India) _xKatakiya Society _xHistory _920292
942			_cWB16
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