The Men who would be King: Reading between the Lines of Dynastic Genealogies in India and Beyond Reading between the Lines of Dynastic Genealogies in India and Beyond
A critical examination of dynastic genealogies for pre-Islamic India derived from literary, epigraphic and numismatic sources reveals that they regularly suppress fraternal conflicts and other irregularities in the lineages. Although normative texts such as the Arthaśāstra and various D harmaśāstra...
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Language: | English |
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2011
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2011, Volume: 5, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 267-291 |
Further subjects: | B
royal succession
B rota system B collateral succession B Inscriptions B Indian history B Kārkoṭa dynasty B Western Kṣatrapas B collateral suppression B primogeniture B Gupta dynasty B Central Asian history B Rājataraṅgiṇī |
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