Courtly culture and political life in early medieval India /

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"Scholars have long studied classical Sanskrit culture in almost total isolation from its courtly context. As the first study to focus exclusively on the royal court as a social and cultural institution, this book fills a gap in the literature. Using both literary and inscriptional sources, it...

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Main Author: Ali, Daud
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Cambridge studies in Indian history and society ;
Subjects:
History > Early > India
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