[PDF] Literature Culture And History In Mughal North India 1550 1800 eBook

Author : SANDHYA. SHARMA
Publisher : Primus Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 2018-05-10
Category : Braj poetry
ISBN : 9789386552723

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This book is a pioneering attempt to study Mughal Indian polity and the dynamics of family, kinship and caste through Riti Kal literature. The literature, in the form of drama and Braja bhasha poetry, provides evidence of regional diversities and varied patterns of historical developments in medieval north India as well as a dynamism in the political and socio-cultural spheres in premodern India. A detailed analysis of Riti Kal poetry reveals that the regions, in spite of conflicts and contestations for power, did acknowledge the Mughals as the undisputed rulers of Hind, the future India. Riti Kal poetry provides enough evidence to highlight the transformation that had begun to take place in the traditional forms of relations during this period. While the poets continued to advocate the conventional role of women in family and society they also depicted, with sympathy and understanding, the individuality, liberty and sexuality of the fairer sex. The legends of Krishna and Radha, expressed through the tradition of the nayak and nayika in Braja poetry, give voice to not only the age-old myths attached to these characters but also newer representations in line with contemporary religious traditions. Literature, Culture and History in Mughal North India (1550-1800) is a path-breaking work in that it departs from the popular norm of viewing history mainly through Persian historiography. It is the first detailed study of the so-called vernaculars--in this case the Braja poetry, as source material, so far neglected by both, the literati and the historians, in the context of Mughal north India.

Author : Raziuddin Aquil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,4 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351987313

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Covering the history of medieval and early modern India, from the eighth to the eighteenth centuries, this volume is part of a new series of collections of essays publishing current research on all aspects of polity, society, economy, religion and culture. The thematically organized volumes will particularly serve as a platform for younger scholars to showcase their new research and, thus, reflect current thrusts in the study of the period. Established experts in their specialized fields are also being invited to share their work and provide perspectives. The geographical limits will be historic India, roughly corresponding to modern South Asia and the adjoining regions. Chapters in the current volume cover a wide variety of connected themes of crucial importance to the understanding of literary and historical traditions, religious practices and encounters as well as intermingling of religion and politics over a long period in Indian history. The contributors to the volume comprise some fine historians working from institutions across South Asia, Europe and the United States: Matthew Clark, David Curley, Mridula Jha, Sudeshna Purkayastha, Sandhya Sharma, and Mikko Viitamäki.

Author : Sunil Sharma
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0674975855

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Introduction: Lingua Persica -- Mughal Persian literary culture -- The Mughal discovery of India -- Celebrating imperial cities -- Mughal Arcadia -- Conclusion: Paradise lost

Author : Muzaffar Alam
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 39,16 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0231158114

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Between the mid-sixteenth and early nineteenth century, the Mughal Empire was an Indo-Islamic dynasty that ruled as far as Bengal in the east and Kabul in the west, as high as Kashmir in the north and the Kaveri basin in the south. The Mughals constructed a sophisticated, complex system of government that facilitated an era of profound artistic and architectural achievement. They promoted the place of Persian culture in Indian society and set the groundwork for South Asia's future development. In this volume, two leading historians of early modern South Asia present nine major joint essays on the Mughal Empire, framed by an essential introductory reflection. Making creative use of materials written in Persian, Indian vernacular languages, and a variety of European languages, their chapters accomplish the most significant innovations in Mughal historiography in decades, intertwining political, cultural, and commercial themes while exploring diplomacy, state-formation, history-writing, religious debate, and political thought. Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam center on confrontations between different source materials that they then reconcile, enabling readers to participate in both the debate and resolution of competing claims. Their introduction discusses the comparative and historiographical approach of their work and its place within the literature on Mughal rule. Interdisciplinary and cutting-edge, this volume richly expands research on the Mughal state, early modern South Asia, and the comparative history of the Mughal, Ottoman, Safavid, and other early modern empires.

Author : Ishrat Haque
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Literature and society
ISBN : 9788170223825

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The Study Seeks To Analyse The Attitudes And Relationships, The Value System And The Socio-Religious Outlook In The Mughal Society As Reflected In The Urdu Literature. Besides Discussing Eighteenth Century Indian Background, It Takes A Close Look At Well-Known Poets, The Monarchy, The Nobility, Mysticism, Syncretism, Islam And Urban Life.

Author : Allison Busch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 18,52 MB
Release : 2011-10-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0199765928

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This in-depth study of the classical Hindi tradition brings the world of Mughal-era poetry and court culture alive for an English readership. Allison Busch draws on the perspectives of literary, social, and intellectual history to elucidate one of premodern India's most significant textual traditions, documenting the dramatic rise of a new type of professional Hindi writer while providing critical insight into the motives that animated this literary community and its patrons.Busch examines how riti literature served as an important aesthetic and political resource in the richly multicultural world of Mughal India, and provides, for the first time in a Western language, a detailed study of the fascinating oeuvre of Keshavdas, whose seminal Rasikpriya (Handbook for poetry connoisseurs, 1591) was the catalyst for a new Hindi classicism that attracted a spectacular following in the leading courts of early modern India. The circulation of Hindi literature among diverse communities during this period is testament to a remarkable pluralism that cannot be understood in terms of the nationalist logic that has constrained modern Hindi and Urdu to be "Hindu" and "Muslim" languages since the nineteenth century. With the cultural reforms ushered in by colonialism, north Indians repudiated the classical traditions of the courtly past, a complex process given extended treatment in the final chapter.Busch provides valuable insight into more than two centuries of Hindi courtly culture. Poetry of Kings also showcases the importance of bringing precolonial archives into dialogue with current debates of postcolonial theory.

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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 18,16 MB
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9004395695

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The World of the Siege examines the conduct of early modern sieges (15th-18th centuries) in relation to the creation and interpretation of siege narratives. The volume provides insights into the convergences and divergences of diverse (military) cultures across Europe and Asia.

Author : Keelan Overton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 025304894X

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In the early 1400s, Iranian elites began migrating to the Deccan plateau of southern India. Lured to the region for many reasons, these poets, traders, statesmen, and artists of all kinds left an indelible mark on the Islamic sultanates that ruled the Deccan until the late seventeenth century. The result was the creation of a robust transregional Persianate network linking such distant cities as Bidar and Shiraz, Bijapur and Isfahan, and Golconda and Mashhad. Iran and the Deccan explores the circulation of art, culture, and talent between Iran and the Deccan over a three-hundred-year period. Its interdisciplinary contributions consider the factors that prompted migration, the physical and intellectual poles of connectivity between the two regions, and processes of adaptation and response. Placing the Deccan at the center of Indo-Persian and early modern global history, Iran and the Deccan reveals how mobility, liminality, and cultural translation nuance the traditional methods and boundaries of the humanities.

Author : F. E. Keay
Publisher : Pomona Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1443732486

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Originally published in 1920. Contents Include: The Hindi Language and its Neighbours - A General Survey of Hindi Literature - Early Bardic Chronicles (1150-1400) - Early Bhakti Poets (1400-1550) - The Mughal Court and the Artistic Influence in Hindi Literature (1550-1800) - Tulsi Das and the Rama Cult (1550-1800) - The Successors of Kabir (1550-1800) - The Krishna Cult (1550-1800) - Bardic and other Literature (1550-1800) - The Modern Period (From 1800) - Some General Characteristics of Hindi Literature - Present Position and Prospects of Hindi Literature