TY  - BOOK
AU  - Talbot, Cynthia
TI  - Precolonial India in practice: society, region, and identity in medieval Andhra
SN  - 0195654404
U1  - 954.0902 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - History
KW  - Medieval India
KW  - Andhra Pradesh (India)
KW  - Katakiya Society
N1  - 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
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