From Obscurity to Light

Women in Early Medieval Orissa (Seventh to Twelfth Centuries AD)
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-50127-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

This book attempts to reintegrate women into the socio-political milieu of early medieval Orissa. Its sources are inscriptions, mostly Sanskrit, that date from the seventh century to the end of the reign of the Imperial Ganga ruler, Anantavarman Codagangadeva (CE 1078-1147). The evidence indicates that royal and non-royal women had varying but undeniably important roles to play in the socio-political fabric of this prominent regional entity. The Bhauma-Kara dynasty (c. mid-eighth/ninth-late tenth century) that witnessed the rule of six women, four of them in succession, is a case in point. In addition, the palpable presence of several other royal and non-royal women is consistently documented in the epigraphic record. This is an aspect that has received very little attention in secondary works, thereby rendering this study a pioneering one.
The work follows on from Rangachari’s earlier Invisible Women, Visible Histories: Gender, Polity and Society in North India (7th to 12th century ad), which had focused on important gendered aspects of early medieval north India through an analysis of literary and epigraphic sources of Kashmir, Kanauj, Bengal and Bihar. The invisibilization of women, whereby their presence is routinely ignored or trivialized, was, similarly, its underlying essence.
Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rangachari, Devika

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Political Framework of Orissa 3. A Gendered Perspective (The Bhaumakaras, Bhañjas, Sailodbhavas, Sarabhapuriyas and Panduvamsis) 4. A Gendered Perspective (The Somavamsis, Early Gangas and Imperial Gangas) 5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Devika Rangachari is an independent historian whose doctoral research was published as a book, 'Invisible Women, Visible Histories: Gender, Society and Polity in North India' (2009). She has been the recipient of several prestigious academic fellowships and is, additionally, an award-winning writer of gender-based historical fiction.