Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India

ISBN-13: 9780521283359 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 318 str.

Daud Ali

Opis

Representing the first full-length study of courtly culture in classical India, this book explores the growth of royal households and the development of a courtly worldview in the Gupta period (c. 350-750) and its aftermath. Using both literary sources and inscriptions up to 1200, the book establishes the organization, personnel and protocol of the royal household as the background for a sustained examination of courtly ethics, notions of beauty, and theories of erotic love.