Devotional sovereignty : kingship and religion in India / Caleb Simmons.

• 'Devotional Sovereignty' 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. 

Ämnesord

Devotional literature, Indic  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Devotional literature, Hindi  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Sovereignty  -- Religious aspects. (LCSH)

Mysore (India)  -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Mysore (India)  -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. (LCSH)

Mysore (India)  -- Kings and rulers. (LCSH)

Mysore (India)  -- Religion. (LCSH)

Personnamn

Kr̥ṣṇarāja Vaḍeyara III, Maharaja of Mysore, active 1799-1868.

Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799.

Målgrupp

Specialized.

Klassifikation

DS470.T6 (LCC)

954.87 (DDC)

Kob (kssb/8 (machine generated))