From Obscurity to Light
Women in Early Medieval Orissa (Seventh to Twelfth Centuries AD)
Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-50127-3 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-50127-3 (ISBN)
This book attempts to reintegrate women into the socio-political milieu of early medieval Orissa (CE 1078-1147). The evidence indicates that women had varying but undeniably important roles to play in the socio-political fabric of this prominent regional entity.
Please note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.
This book attempts to reintegrate women into the socio-political milieu of early medieval Orissa. Its sources are inscriptions, mostly Sanskrit, that date from the seventh century to the end of the reign of the Imperial Ganga ruler, Anantavarman Codagangadeva (CE 1078-1147). The evidence indicates that royal and non-royal women had varying but undeniably important roles to play in the socio-political fabric of this prominent regional entity. The Bhauma-Kara dynasty (c. mid-eighth/ninth-late tenth century) that witnessed the rule of six women, four of them in succession, is a case in point. In addition, the palpable presence of several other royal and non-royal women is consistently documented in the epigraphic record. This is an aspect that has received very little attention in secondary works, thereby rendering this study a pioneering one.
The work follows on from Rangachari’s earlier Invisible Women, Visible Histories: Gender, Polity and Society in North India (7th to 12th century ad), which had focused on important gendered aspects of early medieval north India through an analysis of literary and epigraphic sources of Kashmir, Kanauj, Bengal and Bihar. The invisibilization of women, whereby their presence is routinely ignored or trivialized, was, similarly, its underlying essence.
Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Please note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.
This book attempts to reintegrate women into the socio-political milieu of early medieval Orissa. Its sources are inscriptions, mostly Sanskrit, that date from the seventh century to the end of the reign of the Imperial Ganga ruler, Anantavarman Codagangadeva (CE 1078-1147). The evidence indicates that royal and non-royal women had varying but undeniably important roles to play in the socio-political fabric of this prominent regional entity. The Bhauma-Kara dynasty (c. mid-eighth/ninth-late tenth century) that witnessed the rule of six women, four of them in succession, is a case in point. In addition, the palpable presence of several other royal and non-royal women is consistently documented in the epigraphic record. This is an aspect that has received very little attention in secondary works, thereby rendering this study a pioneering one.
The work follows on from Rangachari’s earlier Invisible Women, Visible Histories: Gender, Polity and Society in North India (7th to 12th century ad), which had focused on important gendered aspects of early medieval north India through an analysis of literary and epigraphic sources of Kashmir, Kanauj, Bengal and Bihar. The invisibilization of women, whereby their presence is routinely ignored or trivialized, was, similarly, its underlying essence.
Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Devika Rangachari is an independent historian whose doctoral research was published as a book, 'Invisible Women, Visible Histories: Gender, Society and Polity in North India' (2009). She has been the recipient of several prestigious academic fellowships and is, additionally, an award-winning writer of gender-based historical fiction.
1. Introduction 2. The Political Framework of Orissa 3. A Gendered Perspective (The Bhaumakaras, Bhañjas, Śailodbhavas, Śarabhapurīyas and Pāṇḍuvaṁśīs) 4. A Gendered Perspective (The Somavaṁśīs, Early Gaṅgas and Imperial Gaṅgas) 5. Conclusion
Erscheinungsdatum | 15.04.2020 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 660 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 0-367-50127-9 / 0367501279 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-50127-3 / 9780367501273 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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