Precolonial India in practice: society, region, and identity in medieval Andhra / Cynthia Talbot

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Medieval India, A History in Transition; Regions and Regionalism in Medieval India; Inscriptioirs as Historical Sources
Plan of the Book
1. Andhra's Age of Inscriptions, 1000-1650; Physical Environment and Early History; Distribution of Andhra Inscriptions; The Telugu Linguistic Region; Settlement of Interior Andhra; The Frontier in Andhra History -- 2. The Society of Kakatiya Andhra Varna, Jati, and Clan in Andhra Inscriptions; A Typology of Statuses; Social Mobility and Individual Achievement; The Militarism of Kakatiya Society; Physical Movement in a Changing Landscape; Fresh Perspectives: Collectives and Women; Summary: The Fluidity of Social Identities -- 3. Temples and Temple Patronage in Kakatiya Andhra; The Religious Gift in Theory and in Action; Agrarian Expansion through Temple and Tank Construction; The Temple as a Redistributive Center; Diversity of Temple Types; Motives for Temple Patronage; Summary: Subregional Patterns of Endowment -- 4. The Kakatiya Political Network; Expansion of Kakatiya Power; Royal Religious Patronage and Dharmic Kingship; Warrior Prowess and Military Service; Classifying Kakatiya Subordinates; Political Economy of the Kakatiya Era; Conceptualizing the Kakatiya State -- 5. The Kakatiyas in Telugu Historical Memory; Reviving Past Glory: Warrior Appropriations of the Kakatiyas; Prataparudra Caritramu, a Telangana Chronicle; The Vijayanagara Connection Village Accounts and Popular Traditions.