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Devotional sovereignty : kingship and religion in India
- Title
- Devotional sovereignty : kingship and religion in India / Caleb Simmons.
- Author
- Simmons, Caleb
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- ©2020
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- Description
- xii, 277 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India investigates the shifting conceptualization of sovereignty in the South Indian kingdom of Mysore during the reigns of Tipu Sultan (r. 1782-1799) and Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (r. 1799-1868). Tipu Sultan was a Muslim king famous for resisting British dominance until his death; Krishnaraja III was a Hindu king who succumbed to British political and administrative control. Despite their differences, the courts of both kings dealt with the changing political landscape by turning to the religious and mythical past to construct a royal identity for their kings. Caleb Simmons explores the ways in which these two kings and their courts modified and adapted pre-modern Indian notions of sovereignty and kingship in reaction to British intervention. --
- Series Statement
- Religion, culture and history
- Uniform Title
- Religion, culture, and history series.
- Alternative Title
- Devotional sovereignty : kingship and religion in colonial India
- Subjects
- Religion
- Mysore (India) > Kings and rulers
- History
- Kr̥ṣṇarāja Vaḍeyara > III, > Maharaja of Mysore, > active 1799-1868
- India > Politics and government > 1765-1947
- India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
- British Occupation of India > (India : > 1765-1947)
- Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799
- 1765-1947
- Politics and government
- Kings and rulers
- India > Mysore
- Hinduism > India
- India > Religion
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Other title from dustcover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Kingship and Sovereignty in Mysore -- Part 1. Tipu Sultan: The King of Seringapatam -- The Sultan, the Sufi, and the Guru -- Divine Warfare and Diplomacy -- Part 2. Krishnaraja Wodeyar III: Restoring An "Ancient Hindu" Family -- Portraying Devotion -- Displaying Power -- Mapping New Sovereignty.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-5002
- ISBN
- 9780190088897
- 0190088893
- OCLC
- 1130233059
- Author
- Simmons, Caleb, author.
- Title
- Devotional sovereignty : kingship and religion in India / Caleb Simmons.
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Religion, culture and historyReligion, culture, and history series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1765-1947
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-5002