Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India

By Daud Ali

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521816270
• ISBN13: 9780521816274
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"