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... royal families ( vamcavalis ) I was told by a number of historians that these texts could not be used to do " real " history , except perhaps to help trace the migration patterns of certain caste and clan groups throughout southern ...
... royal families ( vamcavalis ) I was told by a number of historians that these texts could not be used to do " real " history , except perhaps to help trace the migration patterns of certain caste and clan groups throughout southern ...
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... family histories and chronicles I use in my analysis of the discourses of sover- eignty in precolonial southern ... Royal Society of the Arts in London in 1909 , Lord Ampthill introduced him with the following 5 The terms here are Homi ...
... family histories and chronicles I use in my analysis of the discourses of sover- eignty in precolonial southern ... Royal Society of the Arts in London in 1909 , Lord Ampthill introduced him with the following 5 The terms here are Homi ...
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... family histories collected by Mackenzie ) ' to depict a stable picture of royal life and culture was based on a vision that could only have been written out of loss . And it is loss that I explore throughout my chapters on colonialism ...
... family histories collected by Mackenzie ) ' to depict a stable picture of royal life and culture was based on a vision that could only have been written out of loss . And it is loss that I explore throughout my chapters on colonialism ...
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... royal family . He had helped me during my initial stay in the place years earlier , and he agreed to work with me again when I returned in 1981 for intensive fieldwork . But when I first arrived he was hard to track down ; despite his ...
... royal family . He had helped me during my initial stay in the place years earlier , and he agreed to work with me again when I returned in 1981 for intensive fieldwork . But when I first arrived he was hard to track down ; despite his ...
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... royal family , and PMS was asked to find the relevant records and prepare a brief for the family lawyer , who was himself unable to use the old land records of the state . PMS happily did what he was asked , and when he had completed ...
... royal family , and PMS was asked to find the relevant records and prepare a brief for the family lawyer , who was himself unable to use the old land records of the state . PMS happily did what he was asked , and when he had completed ...
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Aiyanar amarakarars ampalam areas authority became Brahmans British bureaucratic central Cervai Cervaikarars Cettiyars Cetupati chiefs Cola colonial context cultural Dasara deity disputes Diwan dominant caste Dumont eighteenth century emblems festival fieldwork forms gifts given goddess granted headman hierarchy important Inam Settlement inscriptions jagir Jagirdar jivitams Kallars kaniyatci karais Kattapomman kingship Konatu kuppam land lineage little kingdom little kings Madras Madurai maniyam Maravars mariyatai marriage means military miracidars Nawab Nayakas nineteenth century old regime overlord palace palaiyakkarars Pallava Pallavaraiyar Pantiyan Paraiyars particular patikkaval performed Poligar political relations position privileges protection Pudukkottai puja Raja Raja's Ramanatapuram Rayar region relationship revenue ritual royal family royal subcaste rule settled settlement officers share social society south India sovereignty status structure Tamil country Tamil Nadu Tanjavur temple honors territorial Tirunelveli Tondaiman traditions uriyakarars Uttumalai Valaiyars vamcavalis Vellalars Vijayanagara village Visvanatha VN Kallars worship zamindars
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Page 3 - For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp...
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