"Sultan among Hindu kings": Dress, titles, and the islamicization of Hindu culture in Vijayanagara
The author challenges the enduring stereotype of the Vijayanagara empire of early modern South India as "a Hindu state" that preserved itself in the face of growing Islamic presence in the subcontinent. It is his contention that Hindu culture at Vijayanagara was in fact deeply transformed...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1996
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The journal of Asian studies
Year: 1996, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 851-880 |
| Further subjects: | B
Socio-cultural change
B History B Hindus B Muslim B Islamization B India |