The Heirs of Vijayanagara Court Politics in Early Modern South India

This comparative study investigates court politics in four kingdoms that succeeded the s outh Indian Vijayanagara empire during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries: Ikkeri, Tanjavur, Madurai, and Ramnad. Building on a unique combination of unexplored Indian texts and Dutch archival records, this r...

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Main Author: Bes, Lennart (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Leiden Leiden University Press 2022
Series:Colonial and Global History through Dutch Sources
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