Genealogy, Archive, Image
Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c. 1090-2016
‘Genealogy, Archive, Image’ addresses the ways in which history and tradition are ‘reinvented’ through text, memory and painting. It examines the making of dynastic history in the kingdom of Jhalavad, situated in Gujarat, western India, over the longue durée, from the eleventh to twentieth centuries. The essays critique a collection of contemporary miniature paintings, which chart the dynastic history of Jhalavad’s rulers and the textual and ethnographic archive upon which they are based.
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
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1 Introduction: Genealogy, Archive, Image
2 The Making of the Genealogy of the Jhallesvars
3 Landscape, Poetry and the Hero
4 Jhallesvaras in War and Peace
5 Rani Jijima, Soldier, Statesman, Financier: A Rajput Queen in Mid-Eighteenth Century Western India
6 Patronage Networks and Musical Traditions in Jhalavad
7 Village Archives: Reinventing Fifteenth Century Memories in Twenty-first Century Jhalavad
List of Figures
Index
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Map
1 Introduction: Genealogy, Archive, Image
2 The Making of the Genealogy of the Jhallesvars
3 Landscape, Poetry and the Hero
4 Jhallesvaras in War and Peace
5 Rani Jijima, Soldier, Statesman, Financier: A Rajput Queen in Mid-Eighteenth Century Western India
6 Patronage Networks and Musical Traditions in Jhalavad
7 Village Archives: Reinventing Fifteenth Century Memories in Twenty-first Century Jhalavad
List of Figures
Index
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