Precolonial India in practice

Description:

The society of traditional India is frequently characterized as static and dominated by caste. This study challenges older interpretations, arguing that medieval India was actually a time of dynamic change and fluid social identities. Using records of religious endowments from Andhra Pradesh, author Cynthia Talbot reconstructs a regional society of the precolonial past as it existed in practice.

subjects: History,  Regionalism,  Social change,  India, history,  Social conditions

Places: Andhra Pradeh,  Andhra Pradesh (India),  India