| Physical description |
1 online resource (325 pages) |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2015). |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; List of illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Note on transliteration and citation ; List of abbreviations ; 1 Introduction: layers of memory ; Prithviraj Chauhan as site of memory ; Embedded strata: Prdotthvīrāj Rāso and James Tod |
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Commemorating Prithviraj at Ajmer, 1996 Situating this book ; 2 Literary trajectories of the historic king ; Introduction: vilifying the enemy ; Geopolitical setting of an age of conflict ; Seeing Prithviraj through contemporary sources ; Thirteenth-century Indo-Persian perspectives |
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Precursors to Prdotthvīrāj RāsoPrdotthvīrāj Rāso, the text; Conclusion ; 3 Delhi in the making of the last Hindu emperor ; Introduction: telling the Rāso in Persian; The tale of Delhi's pillar ; Diverging histories of Delhi and Ajmer ; The draw of Delhi across the Indic/Persian divide ; From Tomar to Chauhan rule in Delhi inscriptions |
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Prithviraj Chauhan in Ā'īn-i AkbarīPrithviraj's story at the Mughal court ; Conclusion ; 4 The heroic vision of an elite regional epic ; Introduction: regional rivalries in Prdotthvīrāj Rāso; Challenging Kanauj: an overview ; Prithviraj's Rajput champions ; Brides as signifiers of royal status |
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A classical epic for a vernacular age Conclusion ; 5 Imagining the Rajput past in Mughal-era Mewar ; Introduction: redacting Prdotthvīrāj Rāso; The Rāso's Mewar connection; Building fame in seventeenth-century Mewar ; Muslims in the long recension ; Violence and the rhetoric of political allegiance ; Conclusion |
| Summary |
This fascinating new study traces traditions and memories relating to the twelfth-century Indian ruler Prithviraj Chauhan; a Hindu king who was defeated and overthrown during the conquest of Northern India by Muslim armies from Afghanistan. Surveying a wealth of narratives that span more than 800 years, Cynthia Talbot explores the reasons why he is remembered, and by whom. In modern times, the Chauhan king has been referred to as 'the last Hindu emperor', because Muslim rule prevailed for centuries following his defeat. Despite being overthrown, however, his name and story have evolved over time into a historical symbol of India's martial valor. The Last Hindu Emperor sheds new light on the enduring importance of heroic histories in Indian culture and the extraordinary ability of historical memory to transform the hero of a clan into the hero of a community, and finally a nation. |
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Pr̥thvīrāja, King of Ajmer and Delhi, 1159-1192 -- Influence.
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Pr̥thvīrāja, King of Ajmer and Delhi, 1159-1192 -- Public opinion.
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Emperors -- India -- Biography.
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Hindus -- India -- Biography.
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Heroes -- India -- Biography.
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India -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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India -- Historiography.
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Historiography -- Political aspects -- India.
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Memory -- Political aspects -- India.
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Public opinion -- India.
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Biographies |
| ISBN |
9781316339893 (electronic bk.) |
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1316339890 (electronic bk.) |
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9781316439654 (electronic bk.) |
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1316439658 (electronic bk.) |
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9781107118560 (hardback) |
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9781107544376 (paperback) |
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1107118565 (hardback) |
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