The Last Hindu Emperor: Prithviraj Chauhan and the Indian Past, 1200-2000

ISBN-13: 9781107544376 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 326 str.

Cynthia Talbot

Opis

This book traces the genealogy and historical memory of the twelfth-century ruler Prithviraj Chauhan, remembered as the 'last Hindu Emperor of India'.

Recenzje

'This lucidly written and clearly argued monograph traces the narrative career of Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of Ajmer (southwest of Delhi) in the twelfth century, who was defeated by the Turkic ruler from Ghur, Shihab al-Din, in 1192 CE. … this monograph would be a wonderful resource in courses on historical method - on reading of different genres of historical evidence - as well as in comparative courses on history and memory, and in courses on history and memory in colonial and postcolonial worlds.' Ramya Sreenivasan, The Journal of Asian Studies

Spis treści

1. Introduction: layers of memory; 2. Literary trajectories of the historic king; 3. Delhi in the making of the last Hindu emperor; 4. The heroic vision of a regional elite; 5. Imagining the Rajput past in Mughal-era Mewar; 6. Validating Prithviraj Rāso in colonial India, 1820s–70s; 7. Contested meanings in a nationalist age, 1880s–1940s; 8. Epilogue: the postcolonial Prithviraj; Bibliography; Index.