Specifications
- Language:ENGLISH
- Format: PAPERBACK
- Pages: 344 pages
- ISBN-13: 9789365476132
- Item Weight:
- Dimensions: 216x140
- Genre: History
Description
Indic Kingship in Theory and Practice examines the scriptural, political, and administrative dimensions of Indic kingship from its early historical origins to the advent of British colonial rule. In doing so, it challenges prevailing Marxist historiography, which portrays kingship as a predo
Saumya Dey
Saumya Dey is a professor of history at Rishihood University, Haryana. He did his PhD at the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, Delhi. His chief research interests are cultural and intellectual history and the politics of colonial India. His prior books are Becoming Hindus and Muslims: Reading the Cultural Encounter in Bengal, 1342–1905 (Munshiram Manoharlal, 2015), The Cultural Landscape of Hindutva and Other Essays: Historical Legitimacy of an Idea (Shubhi Publications, 2019 [Revised Edition, 2023]), Narrativizing Bharatvarsa and Other Essays (Shubhi Publications, 2021 [Revised Edition, 202
