Acknowledgements; A note on transliteration and usage; Introduction; 1. Setting the stage: contextualising fifteenth-century Gujarat; 2. Raṇmallachanda: a warrior imagined; 3. Gangadhara's oeuvre: cosmopolitan poetry for local kings; 4. Rājavinoda: the sultan as Indic king; 5. Rās Mālā: re-discovering a warrior past; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.