Raman N Seylon
Biographic Data
| ID | 4525265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raman N Seylon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raman N |
| FAMILY NAME | Seylon |
| SIGNATURE | SEYLON R N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Reconstruction of an "Officially Expunged" Kingdom in Colonial South India
Prior to the turn of the nineteenth century large parts of rural South India bristled with a number of formidable small fortified settlements called palayams . Most of these "forts" were surrounded by hardened earthen walls, within which were private dwellings or aranmani ("palace") and administrative offices of the local military households known as poligars. The poligar rajas held sway over much of South Indian countryside prior to colonial rul…
Study of Poligar Violence in Late 18th Century Tamil Country in South India
This paper is written in an effort to understand the nature and the causes behind the brutal acts of violence unleashed by the poligar military households of South India. It particularly focuses on the poligar rajah Kattabomma Nayakar, who has, since the early 1950s, assumed the role of an ancestor figure of Tamil nationalism. I have relied mainly on colonial archival materials and a few folkloric accounts as my sources and used the anthropologic…
Study of Poligar Violence in Late 18th Century Tamil Country in South India
This paper is written in an effort to understand the nature and the causes behind the brutal acts of violence unleashed by the poligar military households of South India. It particularly focuses on the poligar rajah Kattabomma Nayakar, who has, since the early 1950s, assumed the role of an ancestor figure of Tamil nationalism. I have relied mainly on colonial archival materials and a few folkloric accounts as my sources and used the anthropologic…
Study of Poligar Violence in Late 18th Century Tamil Country in South India
This paper is written in an effort to understand the nature and the causes behind the brutal acts of violence unleashed by the poligar military households of South India. It particularly focuses on the poligar rajah Kattabomma Nayakar, who has, since the early 1950s, assumed the role of an ancestor figure of Tamil nationalism. I have relied mainly on colonial archival materials and a few folkloric accounts as my sources and used the anthropologic…
A Reconstruction of an "Officially Expunged" Kingdom in Colonial South India
Prior to the turn of the nineteenth century large parts of rural South India bristled with a number of formidable small fortified settlements called palayams . Most of these "forts" were surrounded by hardened earthen walls, within which were private dwellings or aranmani ("palace") and administrative offices of the local military households known as poligars. The poligar rajas held sway over much of South Indian countryside prior to colonial rul…
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