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

by Whitney Cox

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107172373
• ISBN13: 9781107172371
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"