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Author Simmons, Caleb

Title Devotional sovereignty : kingship and religion in India / Caleb Simmons
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Series AAR religion, culture, and history
AAR religion, culture, and history
Summary '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.-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799.
Kr̥ṣṇarāja Vaḍeyara III, Maharaja of Mysore, active 1799-1868.
SUBJECT Kr̥ṣṇarāja Vaḍeyara III, Maharaja of Mysore, active 1799-1868. fast (OCoLC)fst01926735
Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799. fast (OCoLC)fst00017633
Subject Devotional literature, Indic -- History and criticism
Devotional literature, Hindi -- History and criticism
Sovereignty -- Religious aspects.
Devotional literature, Hindi.
Devotional literature, Indic.
Intellectual life.
Kings and rulers.
Religion.
Sovereignty -- Religious aspects.
SUBJECT Mysore (India) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Mysore (India) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Mysore (India) -- Kings and rulers
Mysore (India) -- Religion
Subject India -- Mysore.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190088927
0190088923