num_pages: 318
description: Representing the first full-length study of courtly culture in classical India, this book explores the growth of royal households and the development of a courtly worldview in the Gupta period (c. 350-750) and its aftermath. Using both literary sources and inscriptions up to 1200, the book establishes the organization, personnel and protocol of the royal household as the background for a sustained examination of courtly ethics, notions of beauty, and theories of erotic love.
language: English
title: Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India
titlecomplete: Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India (Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society, Series Number 10)
genres: History
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Cambridge University Press