Cynthia Talbot: 2 books
The Last Hindu Emperor
Prithviraj Chauhan and the Indian Past, 1200–2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
This fascinating new study traces traditions and memories relating to the twelfth-century Indian ruler Prithviraj Chauhan; a Hindu king who was defeated and overthrown during the conquest of Northern India by Muslim armies from Afghanistan. Surveying a wealth of narratives that span more than 800...
by Catherine B. Asher, Cynthia Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2006
India is a land of enormous diversity. Cross-cultural influences are everywhere in evidence, in the food people eat, the clothes they wear, and in the places they worship. This was especially the case in the India that existed from 1200 to 1750, before the European intervention. The book takes the...