The Kakatiya Political Network

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ID20076437
AuthorsCynthia Talbot (0000-0001-8291-6773, corresponding author)
Year2001
Pages126-173
Publication date2001-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenuePrecolonial India in practice (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/0195136616.003.0005
OpenAlexW2501121583
ISBN9780195136616
LanguageEN
References cited96

The expansion of Kakatiya power from the core area of central Telangana throughout much of Andhra Pradesh is traced through the mapping of inscriptions acknowledging their overlordship. Analysis of Kakatiya political subordinates reveals an early preponderance of local chiefs and princes who were later superseded by a more humble class of warrior officers. The titles (biruda) and eulogies (prasasti) in Kakatiya‐ era inscriptions emphasize martial heroism and the bonds created through military service, thus challenging the notion that ritual sovereignty and royal patronage of religion were central to the constitution of medieval South Indian states. Instead, the Kakatiya state is conceptualized as a network of personal ties between multiple strata of warriors and the rulers, based primarily on joint military activity. Its dependence on political intermediaries and its dynamic, socially inclusive, and militaristic character refutes the model of a segmentary state advanced by Burton Stein

Ancient history · Constitution · Militarism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts

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