Interrogating Political Systems : Integrative Processes and States in Pre-modern India /

Interrogating Political Systems : Integrative Processes and States in Pre-modern India /

This work more than fulfills the requirement of a comprehensive volume on political processes and the structure of polities in pre-colonial India. It cuts across time and space, and provides the reader with an anthology of seminal contributions on the varied regions and different stages of Indian hi...

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Other Authors: Kulke, Hermann (Editor), Sahu, Bhairabi Prasad (Editor)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2015.

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Political culture > India > History.
Political culture.

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Bhairabi Prasad Sahu and Hermann Kulke
  • Preface /
  • Bhairabi Prasad Sahu and Hermann Kulke
  • Acknowledgements /
  • Bhairabi Prasad Sahu and Hermann Kulke
  • Introduction /
  • Bhairabi Prasad Sahu and Hermann Kulke
  • The Integrative Model of State Formation in Early Medieval India: Some Historiographic Remarks /
  • Hermann Kulke
  • State's Perception of the 'Forest' and the 'Forest' as State in Early India /
  • B.D. Chattopadhyaya
  • Recent Perspectives of the State and Debates in Early Indian History /
  • Bhairabi Prasad Sahu
  • The Little Kingdom in South Asia: History of the Model /
  • Burkhard Schnepel and Georg Berkemer
  • Towards the Definition of an Empire: The Mauryan State /
  • Romila Thapar
  • Kalinga and Āndhra: The Process of Secondary State Formation in Early India /
  • Sudharshan Seneviratne
  • Early Maitrakas, Land Grant Charters and Regional State Formation in Early Medieval Gujarat /
  • Nandini Sinha
  • From Sāmanta to Mahārāja : State Formation under the Early Kadambas in Karnataka /
  • Yogender Dayma
  • Variegated Adaptations: State Formation in Bengal from the Fifth to the Seventh Century /
  • Ryosuke Furui
  • Throne and Temple: Political Power and Religious Prestige in Vidarbha /
  • Hans Bakker
  • Negotiating Identity and Status: Legitimation and Patronage under the Gurjara-Pratīharās of Kanauj /
  • Sanjay Sharma
  • Creating Ritual Structure for a Kingdom: The Case of Medieval Mewar /
  • Ulrike Teuscher
  • The Cēra State of Mahōdayapuram in Kerala /
  • Kesavan Veluthat
  • From Kingdom to Empire: A Study of the Medieval State of Orissa under the Later Eastern Gangas, AD 1038-1434 /
  • Shishir Kumar Panda
  • Political Intermediaries in Kakatiya Andhra, 1175-1325 /
  • Cynthia Talbot
  • Building 'Consent-to-Rule': State Formation and Cultural Complex in Western Himalayas, 700-1650 CE /
  • Mahesh Sharma
  • Contributors /
  • Bhairabi Prasad Sahu and Hermann Kulke
  • Index /
  • Bhairabi Prasad Sahu and Hermann Kulke.