Precolonial India in Practice : Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps and Tables -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Medieval India, A History in Transition -- Regions and Regionalism in Medieval India -- Inscriptions 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, J&amp -- #257 -- ti, 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 -- Prat&amp -- #257 -- parudra Caritramu, a Telangana Chronicle -- The Vijayanagara Connection -- Village Accounts and Popular Traditions -- Conclusion: Toward a New Model of Medieval India -- Appendix A: Andhra Inscriptions, 1000-1649 -- Appendix B: Kakatiya Andhra Inscriptions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G.

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