Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India : Moonset on Sunrise Mountain

In This Compelling New Study, Whitney Cox Presents A Fundamental Re-imagining Of The Politics Of Pre-modern India Through The Reinterpretation Of The Contested Accession Of Kulottunga I (r.1070-1120) As The Ruler Of The Imperial Chola Dynasty. By Focusing On This Complex Event And Its Ramifications Over Time, Cox Traces Far-reaching Transformations Throughout The Kingdom And Beyond. Through A Methodologically Innovative Combination Of History, Theory And The Close Reading Of A Rich Series Of Sanskrit And Tamil Textual Sources, Cox Reconstructs The Nature Of Political Society In Medieval India. A Major Intervention In The Fields Of South Asian Social, Political And Cultural History, Religion And Comparative Political Thought, This Book Poses Fresh Comparative And Conceptual Questions About Politics, History, Agency And Representation In The Pre-modern World. Whitney Cox. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 214-296) And Index. "In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r. 1070-1120) as the ruler of the imperial Chola dynasty. By focusing on this complex event and its ramifications over time, Cox traces far-reaching transformations throughout the kingdom and beyond. Through a methodologically innovative combination of history, theory and the close reading of a rich series of Sanskrit and Tamil textual sources, Cox reconstructs the nature of political society in medieval India. A major intervention in the fields of South Asian social, political and cultural history, religion and comparative political thought, this book poses fresh comparative and conceptual questions about politics, history, agency and representation in the pre-modern world"--Provided by publisher Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through a revisionist reading of the Chola dynasty, a medieval South Asian superpower. Utilizing a series of textual sources, this innovative study poses comparative and conceptual questions about politics, history, agency and representation in the pre-modern world.