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100	1		_aAli, Daud.
245	1	0	_aCourtly culture and political life in early medieval India / _cDaud Ali.
260			_aCambridge, UK ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2004.
300			_axx, 296 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
365			_bRs. 5050.00
440		0	_aCambridge studies in Indian history and society ; _v10
500			_aRevision of author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aList of figures page xi; Acknowledgements xiii; Abbreviations xvi; Glossary xviii; Introduction 1; The court in Early India: Approaches 4; Interpreting Poetry and Aesthetics 11; The History and Sources of Early Medieval Courts 19; I. The Rise of Court Society in Medieval India ; 1. The People of the Court 29; Paramount Overlordship and the Rise of Lordly Houses 32; The Palace and its Personnel 38; Women and princes 51; The counsellor 56; The Court and the City 60; 2. The culture of the court 69; Worldly knowledge 70; Courtly literature 78; Education and the pursuit of virtue 85; Warrior values and courtliness 96; 3. The protocol of the court 103; The dynamics: service, loyalty, favour 104; Palace routine 109; The exchange of honours and courtesies 112; Gestural and verbal protocols 123; The spirit of courtesy 135; II. Aesthetics and the Courtly Sensibility; 4. Beauty and refinement 143; The body 144; Bearing 148; Decoration 162; The refinement of speech 170; Alaṁkāra as a cultural figuration 175; 5. The education of disposition 183; A taxonomy of emotions 185; The stage and the world 188; Hermeneutics 193; Towards a courtly subjectivity 201; III. Courtly Love and Aristocratic Society 6. Courtship and the royal household 209; Courtly love and its sources 210; Protagonists and audiences 215; The contexts of courtship 218; Fantasy and power in the palace drama 226; 7. Anxiety and romance in court society 234; The jewel of games 235; The conquest of the self 237; The dangers of the senses 241; Attachment and autonomy 245; The warfare of love 252; Postscript: conclusion and further directions 262; Bibliography 272; Index.
651		0	_aIndia _xCourt and courtiers _xHistory.
651		0	_aIndia _xCivilization _yTo 1200.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam041/2003055901.html
856	4	1	_uhttps://archive.org/details/courtlyculturepo0000alid
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