Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- I INSTITUTIONS
- 2 State Formation and Its Structural Foundations
- 3 From the Cult of Chivalry to the Cult of Personality: The Seventh- Century Transformation in Pallava Statecraft
- 4 Changes in Land Relations and the Changing Fortunes of the Cēra State
- 5 Temple and Territory in the Puri Jagannātha Imaginaire
- II IDEAS
- 6 Svayaṃbuddha's Predilections: The Epistemologies of Time and Knowledge
- 7 Bhāravi and the Creation of a Literary Paradigm
- 8 Knowing and Being: The Semantic Universe of the Kūḍiyāṭṭaṃ Theatre
- 9 The Invention of Zero and Its Intellectual Legacy
- III IDENTITIES
- 10 The Evolution of Vernacular Languages: A Case Study of Kannada
- 11 Religious Identities in Times of Indumauḷi's Grief
- 12 Caste, Gender, and the Landed Patriarchy
- 13 The Making of Territorial Self Consciousness (with Particular Reference to Kaliṅga)
- Bibliography
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 May 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- I INSTITUTIONS
- 2 State Formation and Its Structural Foundations
- 3 From the Cult of Chivalry to the Cult of Personality: The Seventh- Century Transformation in Pallava Statecraft
- 4 Changes in Land Relations and the Changing Fortunes of the Cēra State
- 5 Temple and Territory in the Puri Jagannātha Imaginaire
- II IDEAS
- 6 Svayaṃbuddha's Predilections: The Epistemologies of Time and Knowledge
- 7 Bhāravi and the Creation of a Literary Paradigm
- 8 Knowing and Being: The Semantic Universe of the Kūḍiyāṭṭaṃ Theatre
- 9 The Invention of Zero and Its Intellectual Legacy
- III IDENTITIES
- 10 The Evolution of Vernacular Languages: A Case Study of Kannada
- 11 Religious Identities in Times of Indumauḷi's Grief
- 12 Caste, Gender, and the Landed Patriarchy
- 13 The Making of Territorial Self Consciousness (with Particular Reference to Kaliṅga)
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The ‘Early Medieval' Origins of India , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020