Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory: Vyasatirtha, Hindu Sectarianism, and the Sixteenth-Century Vijayanagara Court

How did the patronage activities of India’s Vijayanagara Empire (c. 1346–1565) influence Hindu sectarian identities? Although the empire has been commonly viewed as a Hindu bulwark against Islamic incursion from the north or as a religiously ecumenical state, Valerie Stoker argues that the Vijayanag...

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Main Author: Stoker, Valerie (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oakland, California University of Californiarnia Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Further subjects:B Asian History
B Religion: general
B History
B Other non-Christian religions
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)

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