The Last Hindu Emperor : Prithviraj Chauhan and the Indian Past, 1200-2000 / Cynthia Talbot, University of Texas at Austin.
By: TALBOT, Cynthia.
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Text Language of document:EnglishPublisher: New Delhi, India : Cambridge University Press, 2016Edition: South Asia edition.Description: x, 316 p. : ill. (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781108711715 (pbk.).Subject(s): Pr̥thvīrāja, King of Ajmer and Delhi, 1159-1192 -- Influence | Pr̥thvīrāja, King of Ajmer and Delhi, 1159-1192 -- Public opinion | Emperors -- India -- Biography | HIndus -- India -- Biography | Heroes -- India -- Biography | Historiography -- Political aspects -- India | Memory -- Political aspects -- India | Public opinion -- India | India -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | India -- HistoriographyDDC classification: 954.40223092 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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P.C. Joshi Archives P.C.Joshi-Archives | 954.40223092 T1423 La (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | ACH2323 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-311) and index.
Introduction: Layers of memory -- 2. Literary trajectories of the historic king -- 3. Delhi in the making of the last Hindu emperor -- 4. The heroic vision of a regional elite -- 5. Imagining the Rajput past in Mughal-era Mewar -- 6. Validating Prithvīrāj Rāso in colonial India, 1820s-70s -- 7. Contested meanings in a nationalist age, 1880s-1940s -- 8. Epilogue: The postcolonial Prithviraj -- Appendix: Prithvīrāj Rāso's textual history.
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