Royal umbrellas of stone : memory, politics, and public identity in Rajput funerary art / by Melia Belli Bose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belli Bose, Melia, author.

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; v. 48.

Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rajput (Indic people)--Social life and customs.

Rajput (Indic people).

Rajput (Indic people)--Religion.

Sepulchral monuments--India--Rajasthan--History.

Sepulchral monuments.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--India--Rajasthan--History.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Rajput art--History.

Rajput art.

Art and society--India--Rajasthan--History.

Art and society.

Memory--Social aspects--India--Rajasthan--History.

Memory.

Politics and culture--India--Rajasthan--History.

Politics and culture.

Group identity--India--Rajasthan--History.

Group identity.

Rajasthan (India)--Social life and customs.

Rajasthan (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In Royal Umbrellas of Stone : Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art, Melia Belli Bose provides the first analysis of Rajput chatrīs ('umbrellas'; cenotaphs) built between the sixteenth to early-twentieth centuries. New kings constructed chatrīs for their late fathers as statements legitimacy. During periods of political upheaval patrons introduced new forms and decorations to respond to current events and evoke a particular past. Offering detailed analyses of individual cenotaphs and engaging with art historical and epigraphic evidence, as well as ethnography and ritual, this book locates the chatrīs within their original social, political, and religious milieux. It also compares the chatrīs to other Rajput arts to understand how arts of different media targeted specific audiences"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chronological chart of Rajput and other dynasties

Introduction: Rajputs and their royal umbrellas

Interrupted continuities : the chatris of the Kachhwaha Rajputs of Amber and Jaipur

Keeping up with the Kachhwahas : the chatris of the Narukas of Alwar, the Dadu Panthis, and the Shekhawati merchants

A deceptive message of resistance : nostalgia and the early Jodha Rathores' renaissant devals

Shifting allegiances, shifting styles : later Jodha Rathore memorials

Devi Kund Sagar : the iconography of sati and its absence in Bikaner's chatris

Eklingji's divine darbar : the Sisodia chatris of Mewar

Conclusion: Beyond Rajasthan

Glossary 299.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30056-2

OCLC:

921235142

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004300569 DOI