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Symbols of Substance: Court and State in Nayaka Period Tamilnadu
Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman, Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Price
895.00
ISBN
9788178246802
Language
English
Pages
382
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2023
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Permanent Black

Symbols of Substance is a groundbreaking analysis of the political culture and political economy of the small Nayaka states that emerged and flourished in the Tamil country in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. An unusual product of triple authorship, the book examines how such states emerged, what their ideological moorings were, and what they have left us in terms of a cultural heritage.

In so doing, it overturns the cliché of a South India in terminal decline after 1565, which had long dominated the narratives of both historians and popular writers. In the decades since its original publication in 1992, Symbols of Substance remains an indispensable reference for the study not only of South India but of early modern state formation in South Asia.

Velcheru Narayana Rao is a leading interpreter of Telugu literature and culture who taught at Wisconsin and Emory.

David Shulman is a prolific Indologist whose works are largely focused on various aspects of South Indian culture. His career has been largely in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam is a historian of the early modern world who teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research encompasses many aspects of South Asian history.

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