Shivaji, Hindu king in Islamic India, James W. Laine
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- Muslims + Kings and rulers
- Maharashtra (India) -- History -- 17th century
- Shivaji, Raja, 1627-1680
- History
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Muslims -- India -- Kings and rulers
- 1600-1699
- Interfaith relations
- Maratha (Indic people) + Kings and rulers
- India
- India + Maharashtra
- Islam + Relations + Hinduism
- Hinduism + Relations + Islam
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Shivaji, Hindu king in Islamic India, James W. Laine
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-123) and index
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Shivaji
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
49892110
Responsibility statement
James W. Laine
Review
"Shivaji is a well-known hero in western India. He defied Mughal power in the seventeenth century, established an independent kingdom, and had himself crowned in an orthodox Hindu ceremony. The legends of his life have become an epic story that everyone in western India knows, and an important part of the Hindu nationalists' ideology. To read Shivaji's legend today is to find expression of deeply held convictions about what Hinduism means and how it is opposed to Islam."
Sub title
Hindu king in Islamic India
Summary
"James Laine traces the origin and development of the Shivaji legend from the earliest sources to the contemporary accounts of the tale"--Jacket
Table of contents
Introduction -- Shivaji and Maharashtrian Hindu identity -- The epic hero: Seventeenth-Century sources fo the heroic legends of Shivaji -- The Hindu hero: Shivaji and the saints, 1780-1810 -- The patriot: political readings of Hindu identity in the Tales of Shivaji, 1869-2001 -- Cracks in the narrative -- Epilogue: The construction of Hindu and Muslim identities in Maharashtra
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